Good teachers simplify by pointing at patterns. And by skipping lightly over the parts that really aren’t relevant. Not-so-good teachers teach exactly what they learned in college a couple of hundred years ago, more or less.
I hated history because the teachers insisted that I be able perfectly to spell the names of historical figures, remember exactly what date a war started or ended, when somebody died, etc. I passed, mostly because my mother convinced me that memorizing useless trivia that I’d forget 10 seconds after the final was better than the alternative. I do, now, know quite a bit about the broad flow of events, the sociology behind some of the interesting movements, etc. etc. And I still cannot remember names or dates.
Averagemoe about 4 years ago
They have to simplify history if they’re ever going to keep up with all the new stuff that keeps being added.
Concretionist about 4 years ago
Good teachers simplify by pointing at patterns. And by skipping lightly over the parts that really aren’t relevant. Not-so-good teachers teach exactly what they learned in college a couple of hundred years ago, more or less.
I hated history because the teachers insisted that I be able perfectly to spell the names of historical figures, remember exactly what date a war started or ended, when somebody died, etc. I passed, mostly because my mother convinced me that memorizing useless trivia that I’d forget 10 seconds after the final was better than the alternative. I do, now, know quite a bit about the broad flow of events, the sociology behind some of the interesting movements, etc. etc. And I still cannot remember names or dates.
R.U. Kidding about 4 years ago
Well, what ABOUT all the artichokes?
Khatkhattu Premium Member about 4 years ago
Could be worse, they could be studying language: Sícut érat in princípio et nunc et sémper et in sáecula sæculórum.
ChukLitl Premium Member about 4 years ago
The artichokes are okay, but her brownies are great.