RNC Condemns AP Exam's 'Radically Revisionist View' Of U.S. History

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You'd think the Republican Party would be fond of the College Board, what with its structure as a self-perpetuating monopolistic corporation whose services people must avail themselves of if they wish to get into a decent university. 

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I hate this use of the word "revision."  There's a reason history is revised...new information comes to light and previous narratives are reconsidered with the additions of new perspectives and in light of subsequent events.  The history of an event taught in 1900 should not be the same as the history of that same event taught in 1950 or 2000 or 2050, changing perspectives due to archaeology, archival research, declassified documents, new historical schools, and more need to be taken into account.  The bold new theory of today is the conventional wisdom of tomorrow is the hidebound reactionary school of the day after tomorrow (hello, Marxist history).