Ah, see, I was reading it as did he apply for loans to go to school in a foreign country, which he did* - in Indonesia, when he was six. Silly me, imagining situations based on reality rather than Tea Party fantasy.
*Er, went to school, not applied for loans.
Well, he was 6, so he probably wasn’t claiming much of anything. And I doubt his mother and step-father listed him as Indonesian on any entrance forms. I’m guessing that in Indonesia as in the US, the children of legal residents are able to attend public schools.
And if he attended a private school, his nationality was presumably even less of an issue.
So: First and second grades at a Catholic parochial school, third grade at an exclusive government-run school, thereafter a student at Honolulu’s prestigious Punahou School.
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Heh – I think the next paragraph is even more galling:
Uh, Mrs. Higglebottom? I have a masters in history, but can you explain to me using third-grade words how the Founding Fathers brought freedom to black slaves in America at such time that was (a) well after the Founders all died and (b) only after the Constitution was specifically changed to rid it of the provisions which enshrined slavery as an American institution?
I sure hope that my own personal legacy involves people in the distant future doing the exact opposite of what I thought was right, having it turn out well, and then giving me credit for their actions. That, my friends, is WINNING.
Remind me, again, Tennessee board: when did women get the right to vote? How close to equally instantly was that compared to when it was given to men? You don’t think that’s worth some time in the classroom?
Women as a whole are hardly a minority, but my guess is these new guidelines give women’s contributions short shrift as well.