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is reinforcing cultural values seperable from patriotism? i'm not convinced.
i certainly feel that there should be a move away from the self-loathing approach to our own history that in the typically fuckwitted intellectually challenged way of the 'class of 68' has contributed to social division.
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Arguably, yes. One is content based, and factual - "this is what we do". The other is an emotional concept. Anyways, I'm not saying that I believe schools should be teaching this stuff anyway, just that anxiety about it appears to be the root of this 'initiative', and perhaps it warrants public debate. History is surely not the place for it though - do they not already have 'citizenship' teaching in England? There's also Personal and Social Education, and Religious and Moral Education.
In answer to your second point, I would agree. I feel the same about a self-loathing approach to the study of history as I do to a self-agrandizing / jingoistic approach.