> A bad US history teacher probably won’t affect a subsequent class on ancient history As a historian, I have to disagree here. The notions that helped shape

> A bad US history teacher probably won’t affect a subsequent class on ancient history As a historian, I have to disagree here. The notions that helped shape 1776 and beyond weren't inventions that happened in isolation. On the contrary. They were very shaped by 4.000 years of European history, culture, philosophy and thinking as they were imported directly from the European contintent. For better or worse. Your understanding of US History most definitely is going to hit a hard limit if you didn't learn about classical antiquity and subsequent European history first. The problem with school education is history being broken up in discrete fragments and taught in isolation. That's how important pieces of context gets lost. All you're going to learn are discrete events and highlights and not much more. You won't learn how people arrived there or how they influenced subsequent history. All too often, people voice their opinions online are often based on those isolated bits and pieces they remembered from those lessons in school. This lack of historical awareness becomes astounding when you take a deep dive into history and you learn how many dots you really need to connect to gain somewhat of a broader or a new perspective on things.