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(US) I think every year in public school for me included a WWII/Holocaust remembrance period. I think across both literature/English and history classes. Seems
by ianai 3y ago
(US) I think every year in public school for me included a WWII/Holocaust remembrance period. I think across both literature/English and history classes.
Seems like public education doesn’t do that anymore. And society is much worse off.
- manuelmoreale 3y agoI’m in northern Italy. Traces of those wars are literally everywhere. One of the largest war memorials is near here [0] Learning history is important. And it’s educational. And if to learn it you have to see something gruesome, so be it. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redipuglia_War_Memorial https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redipuglia_War_Memorial
- ianai 3y agoAnd of course we must avoid presentism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentism_(literary_and_historical_analysis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentism_(literary_and_histo... History is many things including terrible and gruesome. But ignorance of history is no answer.