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If there is any hope for a traditional approach to teaching Western civilization’s cultural scaffolding to the next generation, it must happen at the K-12 level. LStockStudio/Shutterstock
Growing old has its compensations. One is institutional memory. Having been educated in an era when “Western civilization” was not a trope to be spat out like a bad oyster, I was free to absorb the cultural glories of the past without shame.
Barbara Kay is a columnist and author. Her latest writing project is co-authorship with Linda Blade of the book “Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport.”
