In high school I asked why tanks weren't such a thing in Vietnam. And my Vietnam veteran teacher worked it around to how Ho Chi Minh was ignored by everyone except the Russians after World War 1. Seeing how all the lines came together to make that happen and then make the Vietnam war feel almost as inevitable as it was forlorn really gave me a sense of history.

He was my math teacher. My history teacher literally put names and dates on a slide for us to copy.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

American history classes are such shit. I thought I hated the topic til I was an adult.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not like the German version is much better lol

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unless we're talking about board games or asshole philosophers; that's generally not a strong claim.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

German history class is as much as a lottery as anywhere else.
Didn't really enjoy English class until my I got my last teacher for the remaining 3 years.
Same for Maths: I did not enjoy it but she explained it so well I got a solid B in my finals.

The following teachers were basically trash in comparison to motivating me.

So in essence: It usually depnds on the teacher.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but american history classes are, um...

So there's this guy in american history. We teach he was a great general who had wooden teeth and couldnt tell a lie and chopped down a cherry tree (seems out of place). Was a general in the revolution (he won a single battle. Ambushed some drunk mercenaries on Christmas eve), and despite being the richest man in the country he never paid his soldiers. His teeth were not wooden; they were real human teeth, taken from the mouths of slaves. Living slaves.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

History as it's taught in schools is awful. Even segments on WWII get reduced to nazis bad, holocaust bad, allies good then USSR went bad.