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10/8/2018

Daily Literary Quote
“Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.”
-James Joyce

Journal Prompt
Take a look at this article from The Oatmeal. What are some issues with the myth that Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Americas? Explain. Do you think Columbus should be honored with a holiday in the United States? Why or why not?

74 Comments

Lani Belgarde

10/8/2018 01:14:08 pm

No I don’t think that Columbus should be celebrated because he didn’t really discover America and when he did come to America he was awful and treated the natives like dirt.

Jordan

10/8/2018 01:17:55 pm

I agree with you

Sammy H.

10/8/2018 01:22:33 pm

I agree he was rude to the natives.

Jaicei

10/8/2018 01:33:30 pm

I agree he was horrible

Jordan

10/8/2018 01:15:40 pm

No because he wasn’t the one that actually discovered the new world. And he did not treat the natives very well.

Lani Belgarde

10/8/2018 01:19:30 pm

I agree.

Jamie

10/8/2018 01:28:12 pm

Say it gurl.

Eli

10/8/2018 01:15:53 pm

One of the big issues with the myth is that they already know the earth was round and there was someone who already discovered it before he was even born. I don’t think he should be honored for the discovery because people had already discovered it.

Dillon

10/8/2018 01:17:42 pm

I agree Eli. There were thousands here before him.

Ariana

10/8/2018 01:16:02 pm

Some issues are that the natives American were there more than a century earlier. I think so.... because even though others discovered it he was the first to tell anyone about it, therefore in a way discovered it.

Taylee Matthews

10/8/2018 01:27:49 pm

I agree Ariana

Avery

10/8/2018 01:16:28 pm

Some issues are that the natives were already there. No because he didn’t actually discover it. History shows that there were other Europeans before him to go to the new world.

Eli

10/8/2018 01:17:01 pm

I agree

Agree

10/8/2018 01:18:20 pm

Your right, the natives were already there.

Dillon

10/8/2018 01:19:17 pm

I also agree

Sam

10/8/2018 01:23:38 pm

Since there are facts from history they should not give Columbus the credit

Taylee Matthews

10/8/2018 01:27:42 pm

I agreed! Very true

Dillon

10/8/2018 01:16:50 pm

One big issue with the myth that Christopher Columbus discovered America is that there were Indians in America first. I do not think Columbus should get a holiday because he was not the first to discover America and he told people he was the one who found that the earth was round.

Eli

10/8/2018 01:18:01 pm

I agree with that he wasn’t the one to discover the earth was round.

Sam

10/8/2018 01:19:11 pm

I agree with your thinking

Jordan

10/8/2018 01:19:22 pm

People had already figured out the earth was round.

Griffin Mylan

10/8/2018 01:20:07 pm

I agree that the Earth is round

Johnny

10/8/2018 01:28:18 pm

False

Avery

10/8/2018 01:24:20 pm

I agree!

Caden Caywood

10/8/2018 01:25:05 pm

You are very right

Preston

10/8/2018 01:25:21 pm

I ageee the earth is round

Brooke

10/8/2018 01:39:43 pm

I agree people already found out the world was round

Sam

10/8/2018 01:18:01 pm

The problem with Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas is that it’s not true. There is proof that it was Leif Ericsson that came across the Americas but it has been passed down in stories that it was Columbus. I don’t think he deserves a day to be recognized by his “discovering” but by his start of a new era.

Ariana

10/8/2018 01:19:01 pm

I agree, there is proof.

Lani Belgarde

10/8/2018 01:20:29 pm

Way to hit us with those facts 👏👏

Avery

10/8/2018 01:22:49 pm

That’s a very smart

Sammy H.

10/8/2018 01:25:45 pm

I agree, he was not the first.

Emma Dahle

10/8/2018 01:29:28 pm

The proof is there that Leif Ericsson did discover it first.

Blazen Burgess

10/8/2018 01:18:45 pm

He didn’t discover America because there was already natives there. No I don’t think that there should be a Columbus Day because he didn’t really discover America and once he arrived he treated the natives like trash.

Griffin Mylan

10/8/2018 01:20:26 pm

Really good comment, Blazen

Will

10/8/2018 01:22:09 pm

Nice thinking good job

Caden Caywood

10/8/2018 01:24:36 pm

Very educative answer

Aidan Adams

10/8/2018 01:25:34 pm

Wrong.

Preston

10/8/2018 01:25:52 pm

He did treat the natives like trash.

Johnny

10/8/2018 01:27:57 pm

Great comment. He did treat them like trash

Griffin Mylan

10/8/2018 01:19:05 pm

Christopher Columbus didn’t discover the Americas because people were already living there when he arrived. It should be honored because it was a big discovery for the European people at the time but it still has a bad history behind it. But so does most of the good things in our history.

Blazen Burgess

10/8/2018 01:20:20 pm

Good points.

Will

10/8/2018 01:22:56 pm

Nice nice comment Griffin.

Caden Caywood

10/8/2018 01:24:06 pm

I agree with that that

Johnny

10/8/2018 01:27:04 pm

It was big for Europiens but we’re American .

Taija

10/8/2018 01:21:08 pm

He didn’t discover the new world. I don’t think we should celebrate Columbus Day. He wasn’t the first one there the natives were.

Will

10/8/2018 01:21:14 pm

Columbus didn’t discovered America, when he arrived there was already natives living there that came down from the north. Yes I do because he was the one that brought back the big news and therefore allowed it to be colonized.

Blazen Burgess

10/8/2018 01:23:15 pm

Great comment, William.

Treygan

10/8/2018 01:28:04 pm

Good job

Preston

10/8/2018 01:22:38 pm

Some issues are that Columbus didn’t really discover the new world first. He also used the new world to his advantage. No becuase no one really cares about the holiday and with this new info he doesn’t deserve one.

Taija

10/8/2018 01:26:50 pm

I Agree with this

Emma Dahle

10/8/2018 01:30:19 pm

He doesn’t deserve a holiday.

Caden Caywood

10/8/2018 01:23:03 pm

Everyone thinks Columbus discovered the Americas but really Leif Erickson did. Columbus should not be honored with this holiday because he did so many things wrong and hurt the natives that were there first.

Jaicei

10/8/2018 01:31:17 pm

I agree

Tierryn

10/8/2018 01:23:06 pm

Columbus definitely didn’t discover America, he might’ve thought so but he is incorrect. He just showed up and claimed land that was already owned and being used by other people. He has no right to having a holiday named after him. Even worse, we don't get the holiday off.

Jamie

10/8/2018 01:29:16 pm

Nice

Jamie

10/8/2018 01:23:58 pm

I do not think we should celebrate Columbus Day, because, let me tell ya, Mr. Christopher Columbus didn't do anything exceptionally great. He didn’t discover that the earth was round, and he didn’t discover the America’s. And not to mention his cruelty and prejudice towards other human beings.

Taija

10/8/2018 01:27:35 pm

I like the first sentence

Aidan Adams

10/8/2018 01:24:14 pm

He didn’t discover the America’s but Leif Erickson did centuries before him and Zheng He was documented in China to have found the Americas long before Columbus. I think we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day because as children we are taught that Columbus is a really good guy when really he isn’t.

Sammy H.

10/8/2018 01:25:04 pm

I don’t think he should get his own holiday. Yes he came to America after others had already. He treated the natives with no respect and treated them like slaves. He also murdered a bunch of innocent people.

Chayla Slavin

10/17/2018 10:22:44 am

I agree, someone like him doesn’t deserve their own holiday.

Taylee Matthews

10/8/2018 01:25:45 pm

I don’t think so. The native americans where already there and other europeans so he shouldn’t be honored if other people where there and already discovered it.

Miriam

10/8/2018 01:38:43 pm

That is so true.

Brooke

10/8/2018 01:41:27 pm

I agree with your input people were already there he just expressed his opinion and made it famous

Johnny

10/8/2018 01:26:02 pm

I don’t think we should celebrate Columbus. This article states a large number of terrible things he did. He didn’t even land on the mainland of the United States. He definitely didn’t discover America either.

Treygan

10/8/2018 01:28:57 pm

There are a lot of things many people didn’t know about him

Treygan

10/8/2018 01:27:10 pm

Columbus did not discover America because he was not the first to see it and there were people already living there and he should not get a holiday because he treated the natives there very unfairly and didn’t care about anything but his gold.

Emma Dahle

10/8/2018 01:27:21 pm

Christopher Columbus didn’t actually discover the the Americas and supposably did all this bad stuff. No, I don’t think Christopher Columbus should have gotten his own holiday because he wasn’t the first one to actually discover it.

Miriam

10/8/2018 01:37:50 pm

I totally agree that he isn’t a mean guy.

Jaicei

10/8/2018 01:30:28 pm

No, he shouldn’t have his own holiday because he was a trash human being and didn’t actually do the one thing he is most famous for.

Chayla Slavin

10/17/2018 10:21:59 am

I agree. The only thing he is known for doing he didn’t even do.

Miriam

10/8/2018 01:36:50 pm

I feel like Columbus himself wasn’t the nicest guy but I think we should keep Columbus Day but not for honoring him. It would be more for the new step in our worlds devoloping and traveling.

Brooke

10/8/2018 01:45:18 pm

No I don’t think Columbus discovered the new world, he made his opinion about it and people listened to him, how do you know if people only listened to him cause he had money. Nobody actually knows, he treated the natives unkindly when he should have gave them respect. Just because they weren’t like him doesn’t mean you need to bring them down to make yourself happy.

Chayla Slavin

10/17/2018 10:21:17 am

I don’t think Columbus was the one who actually discovered America. Something shouldn’t be considered “discovered” if many others already knew about it, or in this case, already lived there. I don’t think Columbus deserves his own federal holiday. It celebrates all of the bad things he did to the natives.

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