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History is not something that we absolutely NEED to know, unless you intend to be a historian or teach history, or anything else of that manner. EVERYTHING taught in EVERY history class can be found in a matter of seconds on google and wikipedia.
Many teachers probably learn as they go along, just like students. I just wonder how many of their test questions are based on hearsay vs facts... or much worse, based on patriotic propaganda vs. facts??? [patriotic propaganda forming the basis for many k-12 American history textbooks from the 1940's through the 1960's, and students actually got graded down for not memorizing such propaganda exactly as taught. Very sad, eh?]
[1 point]2 years ago by ChipmonkReplyEdited 2 years ago by Chipmonk
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History is not something that we absolutely NEED to know, unless you intend to be a historian or teach history, or anything else of that manner. EVERYTHING taught in EVERY history class can be found in a matter of seconds on google and wikipedia.
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[3 points] 2 years ago by deleted user ReplyMany teachers probably learn as they go along, just like students. I just wonder how many of their test questions are based on hearsay vs facts... or much worse, based on patriotic propaganda vs. facts??? [patriotic propaganda forming the basis for many k-12 American history textbooks from the 1940's through the 1960's, and students actually got graded down for not memorizing such propaganda exactly as taught. Very sad, eh?]
Sure. As long as we remember that the lesson of history is that people do not learn from the lessons of history.
Indeed