> It teaches critical thinking Not my experience. Actual critical thinkers lose half their IQ points as soon as talk turns to history. People who know last wee

> It teaches critical thinking Not my experience. Actual critical thinkers lose half their IQ points as soon as talk turns to history. People who know last week's history as reported by journalists has to be taken with a big pinch of salt, yet cling to whatever narrative of centuries past they've once read in a book, as if they had first hand knowledge.