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 and say,"Well, I know that's history. I know that thas the way it

 happened."

B: afraid that we get neglected in history like in other _

C: Quite a bit! The history books to me should be rewritten, because

 it confuses children. Now you've got history books says that Columbus

 discovered America. The Indians was here when Columbus was here, so

 how could Columbus have discovered America?

B: He certainly wasn't the first to discover America. I' seven doubtful

 that Columbus was the first European to discover America. The Vikings

 may have done so some four or five hundred years earlier.

C: I believe if you are going to teach something, teach it right, or

 do teach it at all.

B: But of course, his discovery was a significant one, because that is

 when colonization started taking place after his discovery. But still, [

 you say.tfva the Indians discovered America. It seems strange to me

 that there is a necessity, or somebody feels that there is a necessity,

 of even putting this on bumper stickers, you know, to remind people.

 I Theja know that, i- thed stop to think for a moment.

C: People do 'I stop and think though, itQmechanicalized, ), weAe

 always taught that in school, so tha s)the way it is. They dot s op

 and think for theirselves. And if you have something that reminds you of

 it yo'l stop and think,in your history, if the Indians dido' discover

 America, then how could they meet Columbus?

B: Tha true.

C: That's just the way I look at it.

B: Tha true, that's certainly true. What kind of plans do you have for

 the future? Do you think y uuill live here most of your life?

C: Well, my husband says that when he retires, that h's going back to