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What Ever Happened to World History?
Many people remember history class and don't have fond memories of it. I didn't like history when I was in school. History class always consisted of remembering dates. I had teachers who were only interested in dates. That's one of the reasons that I didn't like history, it made for a boring subject, because it was simply memorizing dates and events. There was no substance to it.
It wasn't until I was older that I realized what had happened. When I read about a historical events on my own, I found that I had missed a lot while I was in school not because I didn't pay attention, but because it was never presented to me.
When taught about WWII, there was no mention of the past historical events that lead up to the war. We just jumped right in, here are the countries and here are some dates. It was like showing up to a movie 30 minutes late. Characterization and some background had already taken place before you arrived. That characterization, and background is exactly what was missing from the history I was taught.
One can't delve into WWII without examining hundreds of years of history. Now, I know that the school curriculum is limited time-wise, but there could have been much more informative sessions as to why specific events occurred.
I don't think that this, watering down of history, happened by accident. I feel that in order for what is taking place right now in the U.S. to occur, history had to have been "nipped in the bud." This is why many older Americans are worried about the future of the country. The younger Americans have no historical perspective on which to base their decisions That's why so many younger Americans get swept up in idiocy.
Remember the post I did about Reagan and Operation Coffee Cup Coffee Cup? Reagan warned of exactly what is happening to our country right now.
There were many memorable quotes in that recording. One of those quotes applies to current times. Reagan quoted Norman Thomas, a six-time U.S. Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." -Norman Thomas
What I have seen is that people from other countries have a better since of what is going on in the U.S. Take for example this article from PRAVDA On-line (a Russian news publication).
This is a brilliant article by Stanislav Mishin.
"American capitalism gone with a whimper"
Read it, and research it. You will find that Mishin is 100% correct.
When it comes to politics in America, most of the general electorate is disinterested. We have to change this if the United States is going to survive as it was envisioned.
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I am just a few years older than you, but I do remember learning about the events that led up to the major wars. But like you, I was a poor student of history and can't remember much about it. Something about the shooting of Archduke Ferdinand (guessing)? While it may be true that more background info could have been presented to us as students, I don't necessarily think that we would have listened. People just don't care much about the past -- until they are directly affected in the present. By then, studying time is long gone!One concept I became aware of though viewing The Truth Project (find a group at thetruthproject.org) is historical revisionism. Basically, when history IS presented, parts of it are omitted or changed. Those who read this "new" history will reach a different conclusion about what happened and why.
What if we stopped teaching our kids about slavery in the U.S.? Maybe we just told them instead that people were simply brought here and paid for their services? Why teach about and risk perpetuating things we know are wrong? MAYBE SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must tell our history with complete accuracy, or it was all for naught!
Re: HollieWhat if we stopped teaching our kids about slavery in the U.S.? Maybe we just told them instead that people were simply brought here and paid for their services? Why teach about and risk perpetuating things we know are wrong? MAYBE SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must tell our history with complete accuracy, or it was all for naught!
This is true. American history is often taught from a ridiculous standpoint. I remember when we were learning in high school about the history of the United States. There was plenty taught about The Declaration of Independence, but little was taught as to why anyone would want to create a new country. Perhaps this would have been too "anti-British," in some fools eyes. Either way, the details were missing. How come there was little taught about the writings of the founding fathers? The writings of the people who envisioned this country would be the best place to learn about its founding. This is, in large part, why you have people running around talking about government "making things fair." This can only happen if one of two things are true; either the "make things fair" people were never taught about the founding of this country, or they were and completely disagree with it. I think they were never taught about it in the first place. To teach true American history would be politically incorrect.
Re: GregWe still have the Constitutional authority to take back our government from the radical Marxists that control it.
At least for now we do. The question is, will we when the time comes to take back our government?
Will there be a voting czar next?
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