Marty Kaplan at Huffington Post discusses the educational masterpiece that is Georgia’s public schools. When first grade students aren’t learning about rain dances, the beloved history of the confederate flag, and peach farming, they are learning about George W. Bush. One assignment for increasing their presidential knowledge involves making a Venn diagram that maps out the similarities between George Bush, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. Kaplan points out the obvious problem here. For example , my diagram would have Washington and Lincoln’s circles closely linked together, and Bush on the far side of the paper, or actually, on another piece of paper on the far side of the room. This is not a case of comparing apples and oranges here. It’s apples and assholes.

Anyway, I looked at the Georgia Department of Education’s page for the assignment, which provides source material through which the 6-year-olds can learn about the presidents. For Washington and Lincoln, students must read A Picture Book of George Washington and A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, which seems appropriate.

For Bush:

Title: George W. Bush Biography
URL: http://www.georgewbush.com
Annotation: This site offers biographical information about our current president. Choose Bush/Cheney 2000 then choose George and Laura Bush. Scroll down to President Bush’s picture. Click on Biography.

When you click on georgewbush.com, it takes you to gop.com,which is the website for the Republican National Committee. Whoops! Or, a great way to indoctrinate the young’uns.

Washington, Lincoln, Bush [The Huffington Post]

Presidents of the United States [Georgia Department of Education]