Conclude with a final evaluation of Lies My Teacher Told Me.

Like all evaluations and assessments, much of this is
going to be dependent on your own opinions of the book. You can use what is offered here
as a guide, but in the end, the question asks you to reflect and nothing can substitute
for that.   In my own mind, I think that an final evaluation of Loewen's work has to
include the idea that he is forcing the reader to make a conscious choice in their
learning.  The reader must decide as to whether or not they will exist the standard,
traditional, and textbook manner in how they learn history, of if they will question
those presentation modes and seek to probe deeper into the political agendas that filter
into how history is presented.  Regardless of how one feels about his presentation of
evidence and analysis, this is where Loewen is his most effective.  He forces the
reader, the student, to make a choice in their learning.  In doing so, the resulting
revelation helps to identify what type of learner an individual is, priceless in the
metacognition of how one understands what is taught.  In the end, I think that Loewen's
value lies here.  He would not want to reader to fully accept everything that is being
given, but rather consciously make a choice and make a decision as to what is being
presented and what is given.  From this, real scholarship and learning
emerges.