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Post by PzGermany24 on Jan 7, 2017 15:04:22 GMT
The greatest facepalm ever:
a few classmates of mine think that watching what celebrities do in their free time is more important than learning about how our world was shaped by world wars and their reality.
What is happening to them?
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Post by junius on Jan 7, 2017 15:37:58 GMT
The greatest facepalm ever: a few classmates of mine think that watching what celebrities do in their free time is more important than learning about how our world was shaped by world wars and their reality. What is happening to them? A few? The vast majority of my classmates think that way. The rest prefer science and think studying the past is useless. Number of people left in a class of 120? 2. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jan 7, 2017 15:59:37 GMT
The greatest facepalm ever: a few classmates of mine think that watching what celebrities do in their free time is more important than learning about how our world was shaped by world wars and their reality. What is happening to them? Really? Everybody seems to be obsessed with 8 ball. |
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Post by Tariq ibn Ziyad on Jan 7, 2017 16:45:32 GMT
Quiz from my teacher
Teacher : What country that have capital in Nairobi?
Me : Kenya
Teacher : Good!
My friends : COOL! AMAZING!! WONDERFUL
Me : *what!? i think they know this world*
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Jan 8, 2017 3:31:44 GMT
The greatest facepalm ever: a few classmates of mine think that watching what celebrities do in their free time is more important than learning about how our world was shaped by world wars and their reality. What is happening to them? Pop culture. Also the fact that most history is shoehorned into people's brains, complete with a list of dates. Newer history textbooks still aren't engaging enough IMO, and whitewash everything so everything is nice and fluffy. Or the fact that "Oh they're dead now, who cares" is still the common response to history. Or perhaps the fact that History isn't a major class in the US curriculum, so no emphasis is placed. |
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Post by junius on Jan 8, 2017 4:08:09 GMT
The greatest facepalm ever: a few classmates of mine think that watching what celebrities do in their free time is more important than learning about how our world was shaped by world wars and their reality. What is happening to them? Pop culture. Also the fact that most history is shoehorned into people's brains, complete with a list of dates. Newer history textbooks still aren't engaging enough IMO, and whitewash everything so everything is nice and fluffy. Or the fact that "Oh they're dead now, who cares" is still the common response to history. Or perhaps the fact that History isn't a major class in the US curriculum, so no emphasis is placed. Still a lot bigger than in India. I can't even take History as a subject this year. |
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Post by Yi Sun Sin on Jan 8, 2017 4:47:46 GMT
History isn't even a subject until year 11 ( I think that would be about highschool in America?) at my school. I guess that is a facepalm itself.
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Post by Mountbatten on Jan 8, 2017 5:46:37 GMT
The greatest facepalm ever: a few classmates of mine think that watching what celebrities do in their free time is more important than learning about how our world was shaped by world wars and their reality. What is happening to them? Pop culture. Also the fact that most history is shoehorned into people's brains, complete with a list of dates. Newer history textbooks still aren't engaging enough IMO, and whitewash everything so everything is nice and fluffy. Or the fact that "Oh they're dead now, who cares" is still the common response to history. Or perhaps the fact that History isn't a major class in the US curriculum, so no emphasis is placed. History classes have been required since all the way back in 6th grade |
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Post by junius on Jan 8, 2017 6:41:38 GMT
Pop culture. Also the fact that most history is shoehorned into people's brains, complete with a list of dates. Newer history textbooks still aren't engaging enough IMO, and whitewash everything so everything is nice and fluffy. Or the fact that "Oh they're dead now, who cares" is still the common response to history. Or perhaps the fact that History isn't a major class in the US curriculum, so no emphasis is placed. History classes have been required since all the way back in 6th grade Well in India, they don't really offer it after 10th grade. Anyway, most of it is completely inaccurate or biased. That in itself is another facepalm. |
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Post by Tito on Jan 8, 2017 10:56:11 GMT
Mountbatten , same tbh I loved it when it came only one history teacher was bad , but he went away quickly
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Jan 8, 2017 11:33:39 GMT
History classes have been required since all the way back in 6th grade Well in India, they don't really offer it after 10th grade. Anyway, most of it is completely inaccurate or biased. That in itself is another facepalm. ditto. Same thing in Pakistan. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Jan 9, 2017 18:24:58 GMT
Unbiased history is a metaphysical impossibility!  |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Jan 9, 2017 18:27:01 GMT
Unbiased history is a metaphysical impossibility! Pretty much all of our history has been biased when it came to "reporting/documenting" it. |
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Post by junius on Jan 10, 2017 15:53:47 GMT
Unbiased history is a metaphysical impossibility! Sure, but CRAZY biases are avoidable. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Jan 10, 2017 16:00:17 GMT
Unbiased history is a metaphysical impossibility! Sure, but CRAZY biases are avoidable. Hmm, even education itself doesn't help with the bias problem. It's the mindset of being willing to dig deeper for the truth that allows people to disengage from the crazy bias trap and engage into a better understanding of the past. Hence, the importance of reading various books and compare the statements that don't quite mesh together and use the data to try to find out what did really happen... But do people use books nowdays?  I feel so old. |
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I feel so old.
