On 2/20/2021 12:11 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/20/2021 11:52 AM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-02-20 8:20 a.m., Janet wrote:
>>
>>>> Valid history is taught in schools. It's value is to see past mistakes
>>>> and learn from them. Don't try to erase history, learn from it.
>>>
>>> Â*Â*Â* But not all history taught in schools IS valid, Gary. Some of it is
>>> lies.
>>>
>>> Â*Â*Â* ://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/08/history-education-
>>> post-truth-america/566657/
>>>
>>>
>>> Â*Â*Â*Â* Janet UK
>>>
>> When I went to school (finished in 1963) my teachers would not discuss
>> politics. The history curriculum stopped at about 1900. This was
>> because teaching 20th century history involved politics and most of us
>> had grandparents who had been voting adults before WW1.
>>
> Growing up as a military brat in the 1960's we moved frequently.Â* Every
> school had a different curriculum.Â* Not everyone is taught the same
> thing in school.Â* It depends on the school district and where you live
> and in what grade.
>
> Jill

What always irritated me, no matter what school I attended, was the
history books (even in High School) and the teaching always started back
with the early explorers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Vasco de Gama. Ponce de
Leon. Columbus, who was way off course and thought he was in India. I
remember thinking can't we move past the "history" as taught when I was
7 years old? One would think as you progress in each grade, the
textbooks would be written to reflect that. Not my experience. The
books and the teachers always started back with those 15th and 16th
century guys. Don't know how many times I was told about the settlement
at Jamestown, Virginia or the disappeared Roanoke colony. Interesting,
not necessarily factual but could we please move on?

Jill