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History is just terribly taught and practiced. At the core history is just telling stories which are always interesting when told well.
by throwaway48476 2y ago
History is just terribly taught and practiced. At the core history is just telling stories which are always interesting when told well.
- Maken 2y agoHistory is terribly taught because it's often about the how and not the why.
- teqsun 2y agoEven worse is the overemphasis on when (in terms of exactness). Knowing the rough order of events (as per the flow of a story) is important, as is the relative timespan, but a lot of history schooling puts too much emphasis on knowing the exact dates of certain events, which I think really subtracts the experience for many.