The article on the Holocaust omits why we are forgetting about teaching history. History
isn't just a series of dates and numbers. We can study the Holocaust to compare the dangers
of Islamism to the danger of fascism, our reactions to each threat, the harm done to the Germans
and the world vs. the harm being done by Islamism, the importance in each case of freeedom of
speech and other basic freedoms, and the courage shown by individuals in trying to combat all
kinds of isms and evil cultural norms. In short, teaching history and the Holocaust can teach us
how we might deal with our world and the possible results of inaction. That is important.
Lastly teachers should not apologize for mind closures that students are learning at home.
They should ask why students' minds have not been opened at school.
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