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May 2, 2005
Stalin's English-language curriculum
Readings from a Stalinist textbook for 7th Graders.
"Not all children in capitalist countries can go to school. Many parents are too poor to send their children there. Often children do not like school because in some countries teachers still beat the children."
See this page for some rather liberal editing of the Charles Kingsley classic, The Water-Babies.
Posted by michele at May 2, 2005 12:00 PM