I agree, For too much time in school is put into learning about world war 1 and world war 2, When there are many other things we could go into the worlds history, If teachers must focus on wars, Then there is the Crusades, Singoku Jidai and the american civil war which is hardly touched by our school which are truly fascinating.<3
I agree, For too much time in school is put into learning about world war 1 and world war 2, When there are many other things we could go into the worlds history, If teachers must focus on wars, Then there is the Crusades, Singoku Jidai and the american civil war which is hardly touched by our school which are truly fascinating.
Very true, but that proves my point, personally the 1st and 2nd world war was all they taught throughout my years of school, Thats the reason it being boring, Not the fact that people wont learn about the "epic battles", More the fact that we spend 5 years minimum on it, So what would be the harm in learning about things that are actually interesting, the WW's are a major part to our history, but 5 years being told the same thing over and over again? This shows what little imaginations teachers have, just following the code's set to them by the union.I agree, For too much time in school is put into learning about world war 1 and world war 2, When there are many other things we could go into the worlds history, If teachers must focus on wars, Then there is the Crusades, Singoku Jidai and the american civil war which is hardly touched by our school which are truly fascinating.
but even then they barely even touch the war part. It is usually the homefront or how it started/ended (interesting in its own right). That is one of the major factors. People are told that they will learn about world war 2. Instantly they thing about the epic battles, equipment, commander and the ton of footage that they will watch. They are then let down when all we are taught are the "boring" parts
Pff. The Batavian Revolution was years earlier.Errrr... WAT? plz mark irony next time.
There is not really enough time in History classes to focus on a lot. I think that maybe when it comes to GCSE's there should be different types of history that focus on different things, like ancient medicines, governments etc. One thing people forget is that there is a lot more to history then just wars.But wars produces world politics & treaties (or the other way around). So wars are a part of world politics. It's something different to talk about the causes and reasons of a war or what happened in the war.
Pff. The Batavian Revolution was years earlier.Errrr... WAT? plz mark irony next time.
The French weren't the first european nation to depose it's king, kill him and declare a republic.Dis.
Just look at the English civil War, nuff said. But that is completely offtopic.
But these prior revolutions did not really export to europe. French one did, you can't deny that.
To be honest I cant complain about my high school history classes. Yes its basic and just gives an overview but its effective in giving a general flow to history. To be honest and I doubt many will agree on this but I believe history really isnt all that important in schools. Yes it must be taught but I would rather see more effort go into more practical skills. So what if a good amount of people arent good at history or cant point out Ukerain on a map? Were a completely functioning society without that.While it is important to learn practical, everyday skills, I would argue having a decent to great knowledge on historical subjects is even more important. Its a cliche but I'll be damned if it isn't true: those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. Children are the future (another cliche huehuehue) and they are taking over the future governments and future problems. The majority of my peers (and not to sound smug or euphoric) are complete idiots in history who have paid little attention to the subject. Hell, I have been insulted many times using the American slur "communist" and when I try to explain my ideological differences, it goes over their goddamn head. And these are people who want to be functional members of society. It is an ignorance of past events (such as governmental manipulation, fabricated claims for imperialistic goals) that leads to...sheeple. This allows an easy manipulated people who are, of course, soft targets for any megalomaniac who does know his/her history. I honestly feel if a teacher isn't teaching history to his students in a way that creates some sort a massive passion (anger/sadness--like myself. Or, something on the complete other side on the spectrum--cold, calculated justification for past horrors) then you end up with a mob of neutral, happy little lambs.
National history is always slanted with a patriotic touch, we don't need to be creating more nationalists in this day and age. If people need history, then they also need more humanities which people here would consider useless.
In Germany we have the opposite of that happening. ::)National history is always slanted with a patriotic touch, we don't need to be creating more nationalists in this day and age. If people need history, then they also need more humanities which people here would consider useless.
Words of wisdom, you can see that especially in the UK with the increasingly heavy emphasis on "British values" in education, particularly history. Broader humanities are vital, though even these can be subjected to nationalistic tendencies.
That Hitler was right.Hey man, different strokes for different folks
To be honest I cant complain about my high school history classes. Yes its basic and just gives an overview but its effective in giving a general flow to history. To be honest and I doubt many will agree on this but I believe history really isnt all that important in schools. Yes it must be taught but I would rather see more effort go into more practical skills. So what if a good amount of people arent good at history or cant point out Ukerain on a map? Were a completely functioning society without that.While it is important to learn practical, everyday skills, I would argue having a decent to great knowledge on historical subjects is even more important. Its a cliche but I'll be damned if it isn't true: those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. Children are the future (another cliche huehuehue) and they are taking over the future governments and future problems. The majority of my peers (and not to sound smug or euphoric) are complete idiots in history who have paid little attention to the subject. Hell, I have been insulted many times using the American slur "communist" and when I try to explain my ideological differences, it goes over their goddamn head. And these are people who want to be functional members of society. It is an ignorance of past events (such as governmental manipulation, fabricated claims for imperialistic goals) that leads to...sheeple. This allows an easy manipulated people who are, of course, soft targets for any megalomaniac who does know his/her history. I honestly feel if a teacher isn't teaching history to his students in a way that creates some sort a massive passion (anger/sadness--like myself. Or, something on the complete other side on the spectrum--cold, calculated justification for past horrors) then you end up with a mob of neutral, happy little lambs.
But hey, it's just me.
While i mostly agree with you and I obviously realize im overreacting. To optimism, i gotta say...To be honest I cant complain about my high school history classes. Yes its basic and just gives an overview but its effective in giving a general flow to history. To be honest and I doubt many will agree on this but I believe history really isnt all that important in schools. Yes it must be taught but I would rather see more effort go into more practical skills. So what if a good amount of people arent good at history or cant point out Ukerain on a map? Were a completely functioning society without that.While it is important to learn practical, everyday skills, I would argue having a decent to great knowledge on historical subjects is even more important. Its a cliche but I'll be damned if it isn't true: those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. Children are the future (another cliche huehuehue) and they are taking over the future governments and future problems. The majority of my peers (and not to sound smug or euphoric) are complete idiots in history who have paid little attention to the subject. Hell, I have been insulted many times using the American slur "communist" and when I try to explain my ideological differences, it goes over their goddamn head. And these are people who want to be functional members of society. It is an ignorance of past events (such as governmental manipulation, fabricated claims for imperialistic goals) that leads to...sheeple. This allows an easy manipulated people who are, of course, soft targets for any megalomaniac who does know his/her history. I honestly feel if a teacher isn't teaching history to his students in a way that creates some sort a massive passion (anger/sadness--like myself. Or, something on the complete other side on the spectrum--cold, calculated justification for past horrors) then you end up with a mob of neutral, happy little lambs.
But hey, it's just me.
This whole belief about our generation being idiots and unprepared to take on the roles of leaders in society... It's... It's just plain incorrect. It is a fact that 99% of people in any society ever were completely inept and utterly unable to make a responsible decision if their life depended on it. This is true today and it will always be true. The thing is, these 99% of people are natural followers. These people are not the ones who rise to positions in government, invent great things in the name of progress, or create great works of art. These are the people who are drafted into the military and die. They do what they're told for the whole life and live their lives poor and unskilled.
Our generation is just like any other - no better and no worse. We will have our great men, our prodigies, our maniacs - this doesn't mean there will be a surplus of any of these. The intelligence of the human race has been increasing consistently with the millennia and we have access to the greatest resources ever available to the average person. To say that this generation is doomed to fail is frankly ridiculous. Sure, many people are uneducated and don't know history, or can't even find their own country on a map, but that's an all time high for the human race. Three hundred years ago 99% of people could expect never to leave their isolated villages a single time in their lives. If they ever left it was to be drafted in the King's army to die a horrible death for a cause they didn't know existed before being called to arms. How could you say this generation is off badly? We have the most potential for smashing success of any generation in human history.
And the thing is, EVERYONE who thinks they're hot shit talks about how bad this generation is. I would think something like 30% of people in the western world have not uttered the words "my gen sucks" or "doomed to failure", or something along those lines. Everyone is thinking the same thing as if they're unique and the only saviors of the human race, but the thing is that simply the fact that so many people agree on the same thing shows that we are set up to achieve the greatest things ever imagined, and probably things that the human mind at this stage in our history cannot even properly comprehend.
Have some optimism - we'll be fine.
I also believe that children should learn from the past in order to not repeat the mistakes that have been made
To be honest I cant complain about my high school history classes. Yes its basic and just gives an overview but its effective in giving a general flow to history. To be honest and I doubt many will agree on this but I believe history really isnt all that important in schools. Yes it must be taught but I would rather see more effort go into more practical skills. So what if a good amount of people arent good at history or cant point out Ukerain on a map? Were a completely functioning society without that.While it is important to learn practical, everyday skills, I would argue having a decent to great knowledge on historical subjects is even more important. Its a cliche but I'll be damned if it isn't true: those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. Children are the future (another cliche huehuehue) and they are taking over the future governments and future problems. The majority of my peers (and not to sound smug or euphoric) are complete idiots in history who have paid little attention to the subject. Hell, I have been insulted many times using the American slur "communist" and when I try to explain my ideological differences, it goes over their goddamn head. And these are people who want to be functional members of society. It is an ignorance of past events (such as governmental manipulation, fabricated claims for imperialistic goals) that leads to...sheeple. This allows an easy manipulated people who are, of course, soft targets for any megalomaniac who does know his/her history. I honestly feel if a teacher isn't teaching history to his students in a way that creates some sort a massive passion (anger/sadness--like myself. Or, something on the complete other side on the spectrum--cold, calculated justification for past horrors) then you end up with a mob of neutral, happy little lambs.
But hey, it's just me.
This whole belief about our generation being idiots and unprepared to take on the roles of leaders in society... It's... It's just plain incorrect. It is a fact that 99% of people in any society ever were completely inept and utterly unable to make a responsible decision if their life depended on it. This is true today and it will always be true. The thing is, these 99% of people are natural followers. These people are not the ones who rise to positions in government, invent great things in the name of progress, or create great works of art. These are the people who are drafted into the military and die. They do what they're told for the whole life and live their lives poor and unskilled.
Our generation is just like any other - no better and no worse. We will have our great men, our prodigies, our maniacs - this doesn't mean there will be a surplus of any of these. The intelligence of the human race has been increasing consistently with the millennia and we have access to the greatest resources ever available to the average person. To say that this generation is doomed to fail is frankly ridiculous. Sure, many people are uneducated and don't know history, or can't even find their own country on a map, but that's an all time high for the human race. Three hundred years ago 99% of people could expect never to leave their isolated villages a single time in their lives. If they ever left it was to be drafted in the King's army to die a horrible death for a cause they didn't know existed before being called to arms. How could you say this generation is off badly? We have the most potential for smashing success of any generation in human history.
And the thing is, EVERYONE who thinks they're hot shit talks about how bad this generation is. I would think something like 30% of people in the western world have not uttered the words "my gen sucks" or "doomed to failure", or something along those lines. Everyone is thinking the same thing as if they're unique and the only saviors of the human race, but the thing is that simply the fact that so many people agree on the same thing shows that we are set up to achieve the greatest things ever imagined, and probably things that the human mind at this stage in our history cannot even properly comprehend.
Have some optimism - we'll be fine.
As most people here I also oppose the general opionion of history being boring etc.
But, having to make a statement, the emphasis should lay on teaching history objectively, correctly and as bias free as possible.
What follows is ofcourse to require more than basic repetition of several facts.
To require the students, in order to achieve good marks, to understand historical backgrounds of certain events or developments in history and make an objective comment or discussion on the topic, is a good way of teaching I believe, but I cannot speak for the UK, in the part of Germany I live in and in my school (things tend to varie by state and school alot here), at least in the higher grades, it's like this.
Some people already mentioned that the focus should not be on national history, I think it depends on the country and is ususally not really relevant, it is good to learn more about the history of other countries, but your nationality is an important part of your identity and knowing well about your country's history is of great importance.
I agree with KL4R1N0G4MR0S, even if I wouldn't say it as radically.
You can critizise your education and maybe have to, but don't forget your place and the fact that alot of people who are more educated than you have thought much about putting it the way it is.
I think critizising the "how?" is alot easier than critizising the "what?" in this case.
Considering Nipplestockings has cleared most of this up now, I say ''What would you like children to be taught? (History)''Whatever I learned up to Lower Sixth in the UK edu system. Now stop bitching, no-one cares about what your favourite epoch is/was.
History never repeats itself.
+1 dat shit!History never repeats itself.
Nothing personal, believe me, please.
But this is seriously the best joke I have ever heard, and this shit is just plain ignorant.
Everything that has been done, has been done before.
In that perspective Arthur Conan Doyle had a nice saying for it (From Sherlock Holmes) "Nothing is ever new, it has all been done before."
I do believe in this, and I think it is most certainly true.
While small details vary, unimportant details, at that, it all has been done before, and will most likely happen again.
As I said in another thread, we are living in a time period which closely resembles the interbellum.
History not repearing itself, is just a bad joke.
History never repeats itself.
As I said in another thread, we are living in a time period which closely resembles the interbellum.
History not repearing itself, is just a bad joke.
Critical thinking would be a,nice start. Ofcourse there's teachers who stray from what they have to teach and actually try to make students think and ask questions. Mostly you just get shut down if you don't conform.I [presume you have never actually learn the IGCSE/ AS Level History Sullabus
The more Augy writes about Dutch Education, the more I wonder to what kind of schools he went.
History never repeats itself.
As I said in another thread, we are living in a time period which closely resembles the interbellum.
History not repearing itself, is just a bad joke.
What you don't seem to grasp is the fact that nothing ever hapens in the exact same fashion, all historical events differ from one another and therefore are not repeated. Nothing ever happened in the exact same way as before twice. Sure, things might seem similar to eachother in certain ways but that does not mean it repeats itself, ever. But i'd like to see you give proper examples of when a historical event repeated (not closely resembled) itself, if there are any.
Children should be taught to learn for themselves. Form their own ideas and own opinions, but not only about their countrymen but the world. Children should love all races and nationalities without question. To many are raised with bias and negativity towards humans they don't even know.+1
Children should be taught to learn for themselves. Form their own ideas and own opinions, but not only about their countrymen but the world. Children should love all races and nationalities without question. To many are raised with bias and negativity towards humans they don't even know.
My school recently created one that I'm taking this year.Children should be taught to learn for themselves. Form their own ideas and own opinions, but not only about their countrymen but the world. Children should love all races and nationalities without question. To many are raised with bias and negativity towards humans they don't even know.
I really hope we're only talking about history here.
If we are, which I assume, then I wholehearedly agree.
I, for one, dropped history for I was able to learn all I know by myself. Acual history classes didn't teach me much.
Only politics. God I hate political history.
I wanted military history. Never got that one.
Tell me if this sounds biased:
Class name: "Americans at War: the Price of Freedom"
Nope. Not biased at all.Lol the bad guy in that movie (Tavington? Can't remember his name) was so b@d@$$.
I mean we all know that the British were evil, barbaric monsters who liked to shoot the wounded and burn down churches!
I mean we can all learn something from the various Mel Gibson movies out there like the patriot (100% accurate btw.)
Yeah that was him :D
He was such a dick.
At the end of the day though as much as I loved the film, I couldn't get over the fact that it was completely inaccurate. Being British myself I was really quite offended and the way we were portrayed. It ends up turning into American propoganda..
Yeah. I mean don't get me wrong, the British are responsible for huge amounts of pain and suffering throughout history but what really irritates me is when some American people ( not all, I love Americans <3) think that everyone else has done so much wrong and get on their high horse thinking that they are "the land of justice and liberty" and all that shit.Yeah that was him :D
He was such a dick.
At the end of the day though as much as I loved the film, I couldn't get over the fact that it was completely inaccurate. Being British myself I was really quite offended and the way we were portrayed. It ends up turning into American propoganda..
I liked it when I was eight and thought that the British were big meanies who killed prisoners and our American overlords were true and just. And although Braveheart is my favourite movie and the patriot is still good in my books I kinda think the British depiction was a bit over the top.
Yeah I've prepared to be penetrated by nationalism's salty cock. I plan to argue. Michael Parenti the shit out of the teacher. Alas, I am but an edgy and arrogant youth, and my facts are but an attempt of misanthropic rebellion.Tell me if this sounds biased:
Class name: "Americans at War: the Price of Freedom"
Lol you cant indoctrinate the ideal of "democracy" and "freedom" into the inbreds by just the media, you need to affect their education as well.
I remember Greece had a similiar controversy concerning who the actual propagators and supporters of the ideas behind the 1821 Greek Revolution agaisnt the Ottomans were, and their "true" motives.
Yeah I've prepared to be penetrated by nationalism's salty cock. I plan to argue. Michael Parenti the shit out of the teacher. Alas, I am but an edgy and arrogant youth, and my facts are but an attempt of misanthropic rebellion.Tell me if this sounds biased:
Class name: "Americans at War: the Price of Freedom"
Lol you cant indoctrinate the ideal of "democracy" and "freedom" into the inbreds by just the media, you need to affect their education as well.
I remember Greece had a similiar controversy concerning who the actual propagators and supporters of the ideas behind the 1821 Greek Revolution agaisnt the Ottomans were, and their "true" motives.
Read my mind.Yeah I've prepared to be penetrated by nationalism's salty cock. I plan to argue. Michael Parenti the shit out of the teacher. Alas, I am but an edgy and arrogant youth, and my facts are but an attempt of misanthropic rebellion.Tell me if this sounds biased:
Class name: "Americans at War: the Price of Freedom"
Lol you cant indoctrinate the ideal of "democracy" and "freedom" into the inbreds by just the media, you need to affect their education as well.
I remember Greece had a similiar controversy concerning who the actual propagators and supporters of the ideas behind the 1821 Greek Revolution agaisnt the Ottomans were, and their "true" motives.
"Don't mess with the system, it's only there to get you into college."Read my mind.Yeah I've prepared to be penetrated by nationalism's salty cock. I plan to argue. Michael Parenti the shit out of the teacher. Alas, I am but an edgy and arrogant youth, and my facts are but an attempt of misanthropic rebellion.Tell me if this sounds biased:
Class name: "Americans at War: the Price of Freedom"
Lol you cant indoctrinate the ideal of "democracy" and "freedom" into the inbreds by just the media, you need to affect their education as well.
I remember Greece had a similiar controversy concerning who the actual propagators and supporters of the ideas behind the 1821 Greek Revolution agaisnt the Ottomans were, and their "true" motives.
You're going to end up doing extra hours for your interference with education, for you are not entitled to have an unbiased opinion, hell, I notice that everywhere up here, in school that is.
i wana learn aboiyt the blacks
Well, me being a student in American high school has given me a lot of insight on some failures of American history classes. I've been in multiple high schools in 2 separate parts of the country, extremely different areas. My view is that there is not enough real world history being taught. I love American history, but having it 3-4 years in a row doesn't really expand my knowledge, especially when we cover the same thing over and over again. We need to stop using outdated books,etc too. I swear to you that some teachers still think Russia is Communist and I don't blame them necessarily, they teach what they are given to teach. I don't remember one class where I learned about European history, but there was always a section in the book about Europe, but it was fairly small. We were jam-packed with the histories of Asia, Africa, and North America, but not Europe. Why wouldn't we need to be taught about one of the most important continents on the face of this Earth? It always amazed me that a lot of students could name every country in North America and a lot of countries in Asia, yet had no idea where a lot of countries were in Europe. It's a real shame that we are hardly taught about Europe.
Well, me being a student in American high school has given me a lot of insight on some failures of American history classes. I've been in multiple high schools in 2 separate parts of the country, extremely different areas. My view is that there is not enough real world history being taught. I love American history, but having it 3-4 years in a row doesn't really expand my knowledge, especially when we cover the same thing over and over again. We need to stop using outdated books,etc too. I swear to you that some teachers still think Russia is Communist and I don't blame them necessarily, they teach what they are given to teach. I don't remember one class where I learned about European history, but there was always a section in the book about Europe, but it was fairly small. We were jam-packed with the histories of Asia, Africa, and North America, but not Europe. Why wouldn't we need to be taught about one of the most important continents on the face of this Earth? It always amazed me that a lot of students could name every country in North America and a lot of countries in Asia, yet had no idea where a lot of countries were in Europe. It's a real shame that we are hardly taught about Europe.
I think it depends on who you get as a teacher and where you are taught. I live in the cold and desolate North and Western European History is a requirement along with Global, Civics, and American. I was in the Honors West Euro class and had a very passionate teacher who I would hang out before class sometimes just talking about certain historical events, good historians, and great historical movies. He also took a USSR History class in college and was able to deliver a more balanced and less slanderous view of guys like Marx and Lenin. He was an awesome teacher who just brightened up my passion for history because of his. We also called the same teacher mean names because she took Roman history out of the Western Euro curriculum. For kids to really get excited about history, the teacher has to be equally or even more excited about it.
To be honest history really is one of the least important subjects anyways. Its not going to get you far in the real world.UK Law (this is from Cambridge): Good applicants tend to have taken subjects at A Level (or equivalent) that develop a careful, analytical approach to reading and which require them to present information in a way which is well structured and thoughtfully argued. In our experience, applicants with backgrounds in Mathematics and science subjects perform as well as those whose background is in humanities subjects.
Every Romanic language is highly based on Latin.
I went to an independant Gymnasium (for the non-Dutchies, that's the highest level of secondary education+Latin/Greek, and 'independent' means that's the only level they teach.) and I don't regret going to a school where I had to learn useless things in exchange for not having to intermix with the plebians.Oh I like them sensitive
No, really, I was a pretty sensitive kid and I don't think I've done well having to cope with the usually a lot 'tougher' kids of lower education levels. I'm not elitist, I swear :P
Was, Howe. Was.Oh I like em tough
Classical languages aren't even important anymore. They aren't even so incredibly widely used in medicine either.Cuz #GreekMasterRaceLanguage 8)
It isn't as if all universities give their lectures in Latin anymore. It's nearly all in either native or English and when you are in the more technical area in Europe, you'll get away with German as well.
I don't even know why they'd even teach Greek anymore...
The Greek we are taught** is Ancient Greek. Not that much use when you intend to learn Modern Greek.Ancient Greek best Greek. (And understanding Ancient Greek, which is the root of modern Greek, is incredibly useful if you then want to also learn M.Greek)
I stopped with Greek classes after two years, but from what I've been told, it's actually not that useful because the language changed a lot throughout the centuries. That is, if you consider all the different dialects they spoke in Ancient Greek a single language.Indeed, but I have no idea which version they teach in Greek or English schools :( Gotta ask around
I went to an independant Gymnasium (for the non-Dutchies, that's the highest level of secondary education+Latin/Greek, and 'independent' means that's the only level they teach.) and I don't regret going to a school where I had to learn useless things in exchange for not having to intermix with the plebians.
That's just certain words and verses.
The upside of learning Latin is that you understand your own language better, and you have an easier time learning others. True, Latin itself has little practical application as a language nowadays, but it's just a useful thing to know for countless situations. Not that you'll ever need it, but it sets you up to excellent in certain situations where you may have had more trouble without it.
I think that American schools aren't good at teaching languages other than english because they don't think it's important enough.. in the government's eyes, we need to learn how to be efficient workers and contributors to our own country's industry and economy, whilst in Europe, they want everyone to learn english because most european countries' economies are based on trade, not really manufacturing and producing goods like America does. Let's be honest, English is the only language you need to know to be able to communicate with pretty much everybody in the first-world, so schools just don't really want to spend that much time and effort teaching us a language like Spanish or French when the only one we need to know is English.Jesus Christ ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
J'avais deux profs et ils étaient géniaux. Désolé pour toi, quand même bonne chance à toi et tes études.
Merci :3
J'ai besoin de pratiquer mon français. :P
Oh, cool, are we allowed to speak our own language?
Das finde ich toll! Wir sollten sowas überall im Forum einführen.
Je learned it dans l'ecole for deux années mais je ne suis très bon pas as toi can see. :(Oh, cool, are we allowed to speak our own language?
Das finde ich toll! Wir sollten sowas überall im Forum einführen.
Lol good job, but it's not technically my language if it's learning it for three years in an American classroom.
Merci :3
J'ai besoin de pratiquer mon français. :P
Moi aussi, j'ai donné une présentation sur une poèm aujourd'hui. ^.^ Quel cours tu suis? (combien d'ans?)Oh, cool, are we allowed to speak our own language?
Das finde ich toll! Wir sollten sowas überall im Forum einführen.
Lol good job, but it's not technically my language if it's learning it for three years in an American classroom.
Wow, really great job then. I'll quit typing in FR for all those working themselves over to comprehend, but if there's any place to practice, the NW community is full of francophones.Teach me your language of love
I've met so many, and honestly I've been around it more than Spanish, the language everyone kind of pushes you to for practicality's sake.
Hope your class works out, French for me has been a fun class that I've had every year with the same teacher and students. If you ever want to practice I'm always open. ;D
Is there an underlying message to thatThere can be anything underlying that you want there to be
Children should be taught the reality of the first world war instead of focusing on all the great "military innovations and new technology." American schools should also focus on America's involvement in the more in much more detail which is usually overshadowed by the various other allies and central powers.Well wasn't the new military innovation and tech mixed with ye olde honor and tactics the sad reality of the First World War
Like the way my statement turned into the first non-hatred-filled discussion about culture for the first time in FSE history.
Keep it up!
Fuck you you worthless piece of shiteLike the way my statement turned into the first non-hatred-filled discussion about culture for the first time in FSE history.
Keep it up!
Which statement?
Fuck you you worthless piece of shiteLike the way my statement turned into the first non-hatred-filled discussion about culture for the first time in FSE history.
Keep it up!
Which statement?
That one
You're welcome Riddlez
Russian?
I see you're planning on collaborating after the invasion.
Fuck you you worthless piece of shiteLike the way my statement turned into the first non-hatred-filled discussion about culture for the first time in FSE history.
Keep it up!
Which statement?
That one
You're welcome Riddlez
Wow Riddlez, why are you such a cunt?
Not really. You're mostly bringing this thread off-topic.Love you, Duuring. I don't hide anything
Love you, Riddlez
I am of the opinion that some lies and cover ups of WW2 should be taught, but me saying what they are would likely lead to me being banned/muted for supposedly being anti-semitic some how so I will just leave you with that ambiguity.
I got this for posting an image -some- users have parodies of as their avatar, accompanied by text that has also seen many variations on this forum -without punishment, might I add-. They got it out for me man, I ain't taking no chances unless I'm given permission. #GodBlessOlafsonI am of the opinion that some lies and cover ups of WW2 should be taught, but me saying what they are would likely lead to me being banned/muted for supposedly being anti-semitic some how so I will just leave you with that ambiguity.
Things about the holocaust? Merely accepting that there are still many things we don't know and that the information we have available to us may not be entirely accurate or valid is a perfectly fine action, from an academic standpoint. Hell, we're still only 70 years past the second world war. Think of how long it took for us to uncover a lot of what we know about Roman civilization and other things from thousands of years ago. We're still digging up artifacts and discovering ancient manuscripts that completely redefine the way we think of life back then. Who's to say the same won't happen with the holocaust and other events of the 20th century? One important aspect of historical research is operating under the assumption that all we know is what we've discovered so far. People need to understand that difficult events in the past should not be left forgotten and untouched just because they are painful to think about.
Telling user to kill themselves. lolollo...
The moderators should read Fahrenheit 451.
Telling user to kill themselves. lolollo...I even said please too ):
The moderators should read Fahrenheit 451.
i dont think the holocaust happenedYou're close to being partially correct. Poor bait though.
you cant kil people that fast
I can't take history next year my school does not offer it :(what :o
I can't take history next year my school does not offer it :(what :o
Your school probably has more people than the population of my town :PI can't take history next year my school does not offer it :(what :o
Erm, well, stay dumb and isolated is your school's policy, I guess?
Its not a subject that is provided because no one takes it.
We have social studies instead and that's generally the mandatory thing until after this year I believe. It has history but a lot more to it. However just the subject history is what I want if not I'd probably settle for world geography.
Also I've kinda been teaching myself because I just have a general interest in the subject so much so most of the thing we learn concerning world history I could teach better than the teacher.
My last social studies class was 5th grade so taking in account the changes made for the declining intelligence of the youth I'd say 7th or 8th grade. Assuming they live in the US, I know it's not high school.We have social studies instead and that's generally the mandatory thing until after this year I believe. It has history but a lot more to it. However just the subject history is what I want if not I'd probably settle for world geography.
Also I've kinda been teaching myself because I just have a general interest in the subject so much so most of the thing we learn concerning world history I could teach better than the teacher.
Are you in middle school?
Do you go to a school forretardsCanadians or something? I don't know of any implementation of the public education system in the US that lumps all history into 'social studies' and has a core class called world geography. Should be pretty straightforward.
Do you go to a school forretardsCanadians or something? I don't know of any implementation of the public education system in the US that lumps all history into 'social studies' and has a core class called world geography. Should be pretty straightforward.
Pretty sure he lives in Canada
I live in Newfoundland m8. I could go to another school that has history because it has more people but the one I'm at does not have history as a subject.
No these are public schools but it depends on population as to what subjects/ courses you can chose. I've gone to one school up until now and the last was in the town were I live. Now I have two choices of schools and one has more courses but I have no way of traveling there atm and the other has less but I can get a bus ride. Majority of courses (including physics) are taken online and I don't know what the situation on online History is. It offers the core subjects English, Math Academic,Basic and online Advanced) and Science (Chem and Bio)You better start reading, history + english > everything else. World history and english are the only classes in high school that didn't feel like a complete waste of time.
They might seem like that, I get. But to be honest I've come to use my French a lot, and I know that science and math will be very helpful later.They won't, they will teach you the exact same classes when you go to college.
They might seem like that, I get. But to be honest I've come to use my French a lot, and I know that science and math will be very helpful later.
u dont need to konw history for any reason prove me wrong...
Anyone have a specific opinion on Common Core? (American students should know what this is.)Made by 60 year old SJW shits who still have Mom's nipple in their mouth. It's basically trash and is ruining the education system.
Wow, I'm lucky I guess.
I go to a private school so we don't have common core. Right now we are studying the ancient Greeks and Romans, much more interesting then the same stuff about civil rights that I've learned 3 times already.
Wow, I'm lucky I guess.
I go to a private school so we don't have common core. Right now we are studying the ancient Greeks and Romans, much more interesting then the same stuff about civil rights that I've learned 3 times already.
Rich boi
Anyone tried the class survey? Last year the BBC took a survey to see what class brackets people fit into. Just interesting to see what everyone gets.Ermmm... established middle class (25% of UK)? Idk this survey does seem to not addresss quite a few things... such as University degree, current profession, etc :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973
American education is so weird... Every school seems to be solely based around preparing kids for the next level. Instead of actual....like....learning...Yes, it can be very linear...depending on the subject
Duuring if you ask half the kids in my school, they won't be able to pick out your country on a map lol.
A lot of people can't even find America on a map.Found it
For the people who said maths and geometry aren't used at all in real life and therefor are useless should get their minds straight and ask their teachers. Jesus fucking Christ: It is god damned useful already.
Did I really need 6 years of math to learn logical thinking?Yes. Because you only apply logical thinking properly when you are more mature, in the later stages of maths. 2+2 is a very basic form of thinking, and maths can be expanded further than that. Muuuch further, as I realised when I did FP1
lel posh boi ;D :PAnyone tried the class survey? Last year the BBC took a survey to see what class brackets people fit into. Just interesting to see what everyone gets.Ermmm... established middle class (25% of UK)? Idk this survey does seem to not addresss quite a few things... such as University degree, current profession, etc :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973
lel posh boi ;D :Phaha :P I still however think that many important factors are still not included lol
Did I really need 6 years of math to learn logical thinking?
Here in germany its like this: ancient cultures up to french revolution: 1 year, ww1+russian revolution (ridiculous amount of ww1 lessons) 1/2 year, NAZIS 3 1/2 yearsWell we can't have you remotely proud of your heritage for one second can we, ya damn nazis.
THAT is bullshit right there
Here in germany its like this: ancient cultures up to french revolution: 1 year, ww1+russian revolution (ridiculous amount of ww1 lessons) 1/2 year, NAZIS 3 1/2 yearsWell we can't have you remotely proud of your heritage for one second can we, ya damn nazis.
THAT is bullshit right there
Schützt das Reich! What else??You poor Germans :c
I did not get to know any person filled up with more retarded stupidity than my history teacher I had in the senior classes.k