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BelieveCassandra

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6. Hated history in high school (and that was a long time ago)!
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 09:39 AM
Jun 2021

Even in the 70's the history books were so dumbed-down and boring. My take away as a high school student was that history, as taught by the basketball coach, was unimportant, biased, not accurate, and a waste of time. Later on I stumbled across Barbara Tuchman and other historians who made history relevant; I have been fascinated by it every since.

So much I don't know... [View all] kpete Jun 2021 OP
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #1
K and R Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #2
K & R Sinistrous Jun 2021 #3
I had a great social studies teacher in 7th grade, he showed us the full truth & opened our eyes. lark Jun 2021 #4
K & R Ohioboy Jun 2021 #5
Hated history in high school (and that was a long time ago)! BelieveCassandra Jun 2021 #6
Same here. My history classes wnylib Jun 2021 #15
From "Lies Our Teachers Told Us" to Howard Zinn's "A People's History" to Roxanne niyad Jun 2021 #7
The entire school system OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #19
We need a serious revamping of our curriculum. Lonestarblue Jun 2021 #8
Good post. Your last sentence is especially spot on. brush Jun 2021 #9
Well OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #20
Exactly seta1950 Jun 2021 #10
Great post geardaddy Jun 2021 #11
which is why critical race theory freaks the reich wing out so much SoonerPride Jun 2021 #12
K&R spanone Jun 2021 #13
Excellent post ChazII Jun 2021 #14
Public high school teachers cannot teach these things because they'd be fired FakeNoose Jun 2021 #16
Most are worse. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #21
Try Parochial school in the 1940's BarbD Jun 2021 #17
80 times?! ShazzieB Jun 2021 #18
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