In our postmodern global community of political correctness, what happens in Europe has a tendency to quickly duplicate itself in America and it is usually not a contribution that would benefit our quickly atrophying Western civilization. This is the case for the latest French educational reform.
The new manuals used by the French educational system for the 2011-2012 school year, preparing last year high school students for their exit exam "Baccalaureat", will look different this year. Adjustments are not necessarily bad and even needed at times, as, to reprise an old Dylan song: " The times they are A-changin". But there are words that are better left untouched. Words that have become part of history and thus have acquired a meaning that sets them apart from other words and even possibly from the original meaning applied to them.
One such word is the word Shoah! Read More