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URFor this week's wiki, please read ALL of the article about Reagan (you can go to all three of the pages by clicking "Next" at the bottom, sorry about the ads) then use this space to hold a discussion about what knowledge issues arise from this article, relating to history in general. As usual, you need to submit at least 2 comments, and don't be a troll! ;-)

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L. Silva: To what extent should criticism influence how we perceive Ronald Reagan's success upon America in history, as opposed to statistics and facts? M.Getch: I think a better question would relate to how facts and ideologies can be skewered throughout time. We percieve his success because of a telephone style of reasoning, or is it a more pressing matter of purposely skewered history?

N.Cuevas: To what extent is history a reliable source of Information about an individual or event? Should Reagan be glorified about his positive contributions to America or should we doubt what history reveals about him?

N.Cuevas: As seen in the article, history can be misinterpreted and a complete lie. Is history then useful for humans?

M. Agundez: To what extent does the historian's perspective mask the true worth of Reagan's work?

M. Agundez: To what extent does myth combine with history?

B. Uribe: To what extent is the current viewpoint of Reagan biased by self-realizing expectations?\ M.Getch: I think your question places too much blame on the republican party. I think in truth it's both sides fault for accepting the skewered truth.

B. Uribe: To what extent does current viewpoint on Reagan show how we change history into what we want it to reflect?

L. Silva: Ms. Uribe, Reagan's current viewpoint reflects how history is affected on how we tell it, rather than how it just is.

G. Yanez: To what extent should the idolization of someone based on the manipulation of the "whole truth" be allowed?

E.Tenort: I'm not sure why everyone is asking questions but answering agundez's second question; All history is myth because although we do have evidence for it, history is not told in evidence it is told in the stories we make up of the evidence.

E. Tenort: To answers Uribe's first question; To a great extent seeing that Ronald Wilson Reagan was the devil and such... come on people 6 letters in his first name 6 in the middle 6 in the last, 666!!!

Curtis Wilson-Patterson: Ronald Regan as said in the article was way more involved in government affairs then what people thought. One of the main things he did was negoiate with Russia, which most people would consider an evil negoiation because of the past history of Russia. Ronald Regan made a great impact and open the door with policies and other forms of leglislation for other presidents nows in our generation.

Curtis Wilson-Patterson: Most people would say that he not only opened the door for our future presidents but also impacted our whole community, he was a peaceful yet aggressive president in seeing things changed for the good.