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Are you kidding me? We now have the governor of our state Ron D and Richard Corcoran our education commissioner instructing our teachers how to teach history! Rather than tell the truth good, bad, and ugly, we should white wash it and tell our children how perfect we have been for 245 years. The next thing they will tell us is what books they can use to teach, and what books need to be put on the bonfire! Remember the books burned in Nazi Germany in the 30s. I sincerely hope somebody will tell these two goofballs that teachers are protected by the First Amendment. What a tragedy we have come for elected officials to be so diabolical in their right-wing philosophy. David Lee, Fleming Island

As we observe FathersDayJune 20 it will be a good time to consider the following:

This breakdown of the family contributes greatly to todays problems. Any man can be a father a child but there is so much more to the important role of being a dad in a childs life.Fathersare central to the emotional well-being of their children. Studies show that if a childs father is affectionate, supportive and involved he can significantly improve a childs cognitive, language and social development as well as academic achievement.

Children who live in fatherless families are five times more likely to live in poverty, are twice as likely to drop out of school. Ninety percent of male prisoners in America today between the ages of 16 and 30 grew up separated from their biologicalfathers

Go towww.fatherhood.gov. There are valuable tips and resources for Dads in Responsible Fatherhood.

Paul and Marie Schaefer, St. Johns, Florida

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Letters: Teachers are protected by first amendment, despite the governor's take on history - The Florida Times-Union