The text is a Postmodernistic type of epistemology because the author uses rhetoric to …show more content…
First Tuttle is against the students questioning what they are learning. In his argument Tuttle states, “Its not inappropriate to ask what stories are being taught. But these pretend that what they want is a Dragnet-style, just-the-facts-ma’am historical education.” He says that it’s okay for the students to question their education but then he turns around and insults them. Tuttle also says that the protest is a waste of valuable class time. If Tuttle really agreed with the notion of questioning the material that being taught then he wouldn’t call the protest a waist of time. Tuttle states that the schools reform to change the AP U.S. History curriculum is “well advised.” Tuttle is against the students. He is for the Collage Broad’s proposal that advises against materials that “encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard for the law.” He doesn’t think the students should know the whole truth about history. Also he thinks that the student should only learn the basis, the “essential” parts of history. This is an essentialist belief. Essentialists do not want people asking questions. They wan the student to learn the information they give