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I've always felt that people would enjoy history more if teachers would remember that history contains story.
by amyjess 11y ago
I've always felt that people would enjoy history more if teachers would remember that history contains story.
- scarmig 11y agoIn fact, etymology-wise history preceded and begat story. It was only as an analogy to history that we invented that signifier for the concept of story.
- amyjess 11y agoActually, I wasn't talking about the etymology at all, just providing a nice mnemonic for educators to remember when deciding how to teach history. I do find etymological stuff like that fascinating, though.