Santorum claims California universities don't teach U.S. history
Are we still paying attention to Rick Santorum? Well, sure, for the time being. I was rooting for him to beat Romney -- for obvious reasons -- but his campaign, for all its stunning wins (given that he seemed to come out of nowhere), has been one long series of gaffes and missteps and, well, lies.
The latest... as he said yesterday in Wisconsin, where he's hoping against hope for a come-from-behind win today:
I was just reading something last night from the state of California. And that the California universities – I think it's seven or eight of the California system of universities don't even teach an American history course. It's not even available to be taught.
Um, what exactly was he reading? Or was that a lie, too? Because, as Think Progress notes:
In fact, of the 10 UC system schools, just one (San Francisco) doesn't offer American history courses. But that's because it doesn't offer any humanities courses at all — it's a medical school.
Meanwhile, Berkeley, Irvine, Davis, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz all offer numerous American history courses. All require students to take U.S. history before they can graduate.
University of California spokesperson Brooke Converse emailed to note that every single UC undergraduate program is required to study "American history and institutions," though specific requirements vary at each campus.
Labels: 2012 Republican presidential nomination, California, education, Republicans, Rick Santorum, universities
2 Comments:
You are so right. Not only does he want to force all Americans to go lock step with his view of the world, he is also an idiot. What reasonably intelligent, thinking person could think that the UC campuses don't offer history courses. Wow. No wonder the PA voters kicked him out of his senate seat.
By Craig C., at 11:09 PM
Haha, why would he even say that? It doesn't even make sense to claim something like that.
By Ron Sorenson, at 2:37 PM
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