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History in Austria is 2 years about how Hitler was the bad guy and Austria had zero fault in WW2, was essentially forced into everything. We all knew that's no
by herbst 4y ago
History in Austria is 2 years about how Hitler was the bad guy and Austria had zero fault in WW2, was essentially forced into everything.
We all knew that's not the truth. The teacher knew, but that is what the text book said so we learned it.
My point is, while history is important it shouldn't be a marked lesson where you just have to remind right and wrong facts.
- nickff 4y agoIt’s always been my impression that school history is more about indoctrination than any broadly applicable lesson. I took as much as I could in high school, and loved my teachers, but I’m not sure I learned anything I can apply outside the classroom.
- wink 4y agoWould be interesting to know when or if that's still the current case. In Germany I found the focus on WW2 a tad much (but that was '93 to '02). Sure, it's important, but I think they could've gone at least one year out of nine where it wouldn't come up, and instead ignoring a huge amount of epochs outright, or with a laser focus on central europe.