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Sounds like you're complaining that countries teach the history of their country. I would fully expect eg Britain to primarily teach the history that led up to

Sounds like you're complaining that countries teach the history of their country. I would fully expect eg Britain to primarily teach the history that led up to current Britain, with side dishes of elsewhere's history. I would similarly expect eg China to do the same, and every other country to do likewise.

DubiousPusher 8y ago
It's expected but not appreciated. I grew up learning fairy stories about the magical rainbows George Washington shat at his enemies, the evil evil British. Learning that the people entrusted to teach you something were incurious ignoramuses reading from little more than a propaganda sheet is upsetting.
- extralego 8y ago
  Very upsetting. Also, the delivery and form was so simplified. I feel like what we were taught in school had one of 2 forms: 1) Bite size good/bad characterizations of involved nuanced processes. 2) Objectifying factoids on the material day-to-day of shallow characterizations, like the practice of associating Native American tribes primarily by the shape of their houses. By jumping back and forth between the two, it did accomplish a surface appearance of depth, but ignored the spectrum as a whole that makes up humanity. (1) usually skipped over relational values and (2) failed to deliver on meaning. The few times this done a little bit less had enormous impact, like black history month, trail of tears, stories like Huck Finn. But comparatively, these leaped over massively critical nuances. Of course, we were just all-out denied anything about the French Revolution. There is no question this is why America is contending with such a problematic political arena. We are learning everything the hard way. The things that stir the pot are what make us human and understanding them are what allow us to progress. Being denied that is uncivilized.

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Sounds like you're complaining that countries teach the history of their country. I would fully expect eg Britain to primarily teach the history that led up to

by rezeroed 8y ago

DubiousPusher 8y ago
It's expected but not appreciated. I grew up learning fairy stories about the magical rainbows George Washington shat at his enemies, the evil evil British. Learning that the people entrusted to teach you something were incurious ignoramuses reading from little more than a propaganda sheet is upsetting.
- extralego 8y ago
  Very upsetting. Also, the delivery and form was so simplified. I feel like what we were taught in school had one of 2 forms: 1) Bite size good/bad characterizations of involved nuanced processes. 2) Objectifying factoids on the material day-to-day of shallow characterizations, like the practice of associating Native American tribes primarily by the shape of their houses. By jumping back and forth between the two, it did accomplish a surface appearance of depth, but ignored the spectrum as a whole that makes up humanity. (1) usually skipped over relational values and (2) failed to deliver on meaning. The few times this done a little bit less had enormous impact, like black history month, trail of tears, stories like Huck Finn. But comparatively, these leaped over massively critical nuances. Of course, we were just all-out denied anything about the French Revolution. There is no question this is why America is contending with such a problematic political arena. We are learning everything the hard way. The things that stir the pot are what make us human and understanding them are what allow us to progress. Being denied that is uncivilized.