#school nostalgia

[2000srotting]

this thursday we get an extra 20 mins in the computer lab btw. you’re invited! ☆⌒(ゝ。∂)

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♡ School Days Regression Moodboard ♡

[barbieboyy2k]

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Crayola stamp markers

[ur-older-brother-official]

Five days left of school....Are you ready?

[junkyarddog13]

[nostalgicbunny12]

[foreverly-wistful]

Can we talk about how historically impossible the show Liberty's Kids is?

I've never heard this specific point mentioned when people criticize the highly popular, widely adored show Liberty's Kids, but it's worth noting considering how it's supposed to be educational in regard to history.

There is absolutely no way that an openly Loyalist girl from England would have been allowed to watch, observe, and tag alongside the Continental Army, as well as write about them in the papers. None. Nada. I am of course referencing the plucky teenage deuteragonist, Sarah Phillips.

The Patriots were very, very protective about their security. Sarah would have immediately been accused of spying due to her background and affiliations. She would have been viewed as a blatant threat basically saying "I'm going to spill all your tea to the British, right now!", not even attempting to mask her identity or intentions. The series Turn: Washington's Spies portrays explicitly how seriously traitors were punished. Sarah would have been arrested, likely deported back to England, or possibly even executed. George Washington did not just play around with the army's safety like that.

I have much else to criticize the show for. The fact that the kids literally never age from 1773 to 1789. The three main kids being SO. FUCKING. ANNOYING. Or the major inaccuracies for the women's clothing. Or the way it so obviously hates red-headed men (they made James blonde, instead giving the red hair to Sarah because it's "cute" when girls have it! And made Thomas Jefferson blonde as well for SOME reason despite it being very well documented that he was indeed a redhead). I've just never heard anyone else mention this particular key point.

To me, Liberty's Kids is like The Patriot, or The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, or Bridgerton. It sacrifices historical reality/accuracy for the sake of dramatic, romantic storytelling for modern-day audiences. This is especially an issue considering how many people take what they see on screen or read on a page 100% seriously.