In your own words, how does too much emphasis on American exceptionalism hinder our understanding of American history?
Sounds like the teacher has already made up his/her mind that American exceptionalism has hindered our understanding of American history.
I told me daughter to say that we don't have enough emphasis on American exceptionalism.
The schools, K through post graduate I assume, need to be ridden of all these liberal Marxists.
Too much emphasis on American exceptionalism may gloss over the constant resolve our country needs in order to be the bastion of freedom that it is today, like the constant need to root out communism from all forms of academia.