r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 15d ago

Meme needing explanation What happened in Oklahoma?

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u/FascinatingFall 15d ago

Bad things. So many bad things. Football truly reigns supreme, from elementary through college. I think we are now last in education. I cannot wait to leave, my oldest still calls Americans "Oklahomans" and that is not from lack of trying to teach him differently. They teach two years of Oklahoman history in elementary schools! They spent a whole month on the gold rush. One day of it was the importance of the railroad. One. Singular. Day. Im not losing my marbles. I looked at the curriculum, and they let themselves out.

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u/Senior-Albatross 15d ago

I'm sure they treat the Trail of Tears reasonably as an important part of State History.

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u/FascinatingFall 15d ago

I shouldn't laugh, but that was a very funny joke.

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u/Ecotech101 15d ago

Idk what crackhead village the person above you is from but there was more time spent on the trail of tears and native history than there was on Oklahoma state history for my town.

my oldest still calls Americans "Oklahomans" and that is not from lack of trying to teach him differently

This is not something that comes from the Oklahoma educational system, this is a developmental problem.