Comment by dylan604

3 days ago

the power of disinformation on social media platforms is apparently stronger than classroom teaching. it doesn't help that what is taught in classrooms is just getting worse for $reasons which is only going to get worse now that states are going to do whatever they want with schools now.

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tehjoker  3 days ago

social conditions are deteriorating so people are reaching for alternative explanations. you want people to reach for true history? then you have to show them true history will benefit them. fortunately, there is a way to do this, but powerful people hate it and prefer patriotic history and disciplined workforces instead. then they blame minorities for the problems they cause.

  • kiba  3 days ago

    It is rather lazy that people 'prefer' patriotic history and 'disciplined workforce'. I see no evidence of this.

    I do gather that some parents are rather sanctimonious and scandalized about their children learning anything but the most sanitized version of history. That seems so far to be the most presence in banning anything. Witness Harry Potter being listed as one of the most challenged book at the height of popularity.

    History as it was taught in my grade school years certainly wasn't whitewashed and they are rather explicit about some of the horror. Moreover, the problem is that history wasn't taught well and made 'boring'.

    • bruce511  3 days ago

      >> Moreover, the problem is that history wasn't taught well and made 'boring'.

      This. 100% this. At school we got an extremely biased view of history, but even then it was taught soooo badly.

      History (regardless of viewpoint, correctness, or accuracy) could be an enormously exciting topic. It's full of things that would appeal to any child when presented well.

      But school history curricula for me was full of meaningless names, dates, actions - endlessly repeated with no enthusiasm at all.

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