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The state of history education is abysmal, at least in the US. I sure as hell was not taught enough (and most of what I was taught, prior to high school histor
by jlgreco 13y ago
The state of history education is abysmal, at least in the US.
I sure as hell was not taught enough (and most of what I was taught, prior to high school history classes, was whitewashed propaganda. Things like "The Russian space program was awful", "The Native Americans and settlers got along swimmingly", or "Columbus thought the Earth was flat". Stuff no adult familiar with the material believes for a moment, but that we teach children anyway.)
- weinzierl 13y agoYou probably meant to say "Columbus thought the Earth was flat".
- mehrzad 13y ago>we teach children Keyword being "children." Starting in middle school through high school, you hear much less biased info.
- jlgreco 13y agoYes, though by that time much of the classroom time that we have available for teaching history has been wasted.
- sillysaurus 13y agoKeyword being "children." Starting in middle school through high school, you hear much less biased info. This isn't true. I was being taught worthless fables at both of the highschools I attended.