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The Whining and Bitching Thread
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jimmy101
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Was speaking to my 18 year old niece earlier. She had never heard of the Holocaust before. Couldn't believe it when I heard it.
Just wondering how she could have possibly have not have ever heard about that. Must have been asleep during history class back in high school. Either that or they don't teach that shit in school anymore.
Just wondering how she could have possibly have not have ever heard about that. Must have been asleep during history class back in high school. Either that or they don't teach that shit in school anymore.
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Nah my nieces never learnt it specifically and they are only about a year older than yours. There is option for history and history classes at most school but it's not a requirement. Never was for me either but I went to a tech school which was trade subjects and/or maths and sciences.
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Shit's fucked up. I opted out of history at the first opportunity because the work was mostly essay-based, and went for physics/chemistry/IT/maths stuff, but we'd already learnt about the Holocaust by that point. We studied Schindler's List in English class too. My school wasn't public but state-integrated meaning it still used the public curriculum.
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We did history topics as a part of Social Studies and English but only High Schools back then did it as a specific subject. I don't see any reason history should be an actual subject unless a person needs or wants to for their career at which point they can elect to do it.
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I feel that people should at least have some idea of 20th century history, at least. After all, it kinda shapes the world we live in today. But I see what you mean when you say it doesn't necessarily help most people out with a large portion of potential career choices.
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I don't know what it's like now but when I was at school history classes at the High School were more about ancient history, nothing post 1900 type era, which is why kids hated it unless they were headed for a career that needed history. Where as the 1900's was covered in English and Social Studies which until year 9 was compulsory. Social Studies was renamed to something equally stupid but concentrated on most Australian history including Aboriginal history where as English covered all the other shit like wars, technology and important changes that happened around the world.
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I agree. We spent a lot of time learning it, of course it was only the shit that was authorised by the education department which at the time were behind the times, but we still spent a lot of time learning everything from the Dreamtime to Eureka Stockade. Last year friends of ours had a kid in grade 5 that was learning about Eureka Stockade so the school are still embracing Australian History at least.
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I was surprised, but not as surprised as I was when her 39 yr old parents asked me if I could help their kid with her project because they had no idea. If the project had have been about Star Wars or Star Trek her parents would have aced it but they knew fuck all about the Eureka Stockade.
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CiG
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They demand stuff like that as if any relevant amount of people oppose it.
"WE DEMAND WORLD PEACE."
I mean, okay...
