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Friday, December 10, 2010

Education in Cambodia

Cambodia's new national curriculum requires students to learn about the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. But many communities would rather not stir up memories of the war-torn past. Many parents are former Khmer Rouge, so they discourage their kids from learning about it. They think the schools are teaching their children to be angry at them.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cambodia-education-20101210,0,1672919.story

If you don't know what Khmer Rouge is, look it up.

How can we teach issues from history when people don't want to talk about them? Should we teach about these issues?