1. Notes: 2 / 1 year ago 

    I had to read a few documents for US History

    And they were so appallingly bad I need to rant about it here. Just look at this excerpt:

    The Indian women did all the farming and physical labor, says Dr. Hauser. The women did all the rest. There were even stories that after braves hunted and shot a deer, they sent the squaws out to bring it back to the village.

    Colonel Lyon, who loved on a local farm, tells of striking up a deal with one of Waubonsie’s sons, Neuqua. Neuqua agreed to work the land and get all the corn he raised. Neuqua showed up on the next day to begin work but brought 12 squaws along to do the labor. The Colonel protested the arrangement, but Neuqua reportedly replied, “Me hunt meat; squaws hunt corn.”

    I won’t even talk about the utterly elementary writing style. Take a look at the blinding technical mistakes in a mere two paragraphs.

    The women “did all the farming and physical labor” and they “did all the rest”. Oh really now? I need to marry one of them!

    And “braves” and “squaws”? What are those? They are mentioned nowhere else in the article.

    This Colonel guy, he “loved on a local farm.” That’s quite romantic. TMI.

    Neuqua agreed to “get all the corn he raised.” Orly! If I decided to go raise some corn, I’d be a dumbass to not get them.

    So.. why the hell are we reading this absolute crap in an AP class? The teachers need to at least look at this material before assigning it to us.

  2. Notes

    1. akio said: Who wrote the text? Do you know?
    2. andrewnonumbers posted this
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