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Aug. 19th, 2007 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somedaybitcha discussion about a problem i've long bitched about. we're teaching history wrong.
regurgitation of names, dates and places DOES NOTHING to teach kids context. i remember that the Battle Of Hastings was in 1066. so the hell what. i know precious little about the relevance of that battle because i don't remember. the things i'm versed in now are because i've sought the information on my own, as an adult, because of the gaps in my knowledge. when i think on that too long it makes me fairly cranky, although, it is the reason why Umbrage's snark about education only being for the purpose of passing tests is so really damned funny.
link fixed! thanks, bex. ;)
regurgitation of names, dates and places DOES NOTHING to teach kids context. i remember that the Battle Of Hastings was in 1066. so the hell what. i know precious little about the relevance of that battle because i don't remember. the things i'm versed in now are because i've sought the information on my own, as an adult, because of the gaps in my knowledge. when i think on that too long it makes me fairly cranky, although, it is the reason why Umbrage's snark about education only being for the purpose of passing tests is so really damned funny.
link fixed! thanks, bex. ;)
