Being a technical writer is not a glamorous or well-paid profession, although it requires the sort of knowledge and attention to detail which can be of use in more glamorous and/or remunerative professions. That is why I am not surprised to see that those who have an ideological interest in lying to children are those who flock to the field, and why I am not surprised to see this sort of blatant lie showing up in our classroom materials.
All I can say is, the right is making it a full-time job just to teach children which lies they’re learning in school. A six year old can tell that most advertisements are lies, but they have to get to about sixteen before they realize they’ve been lied to in school all their lives.
Secretly Ironic 