answers1: Horrible, ill prepared, unmotivated teachers fail to impart
knowledge to short attention span students incapable of integrating
social, economic, cultural, and philosophical thoughts in a fact-based
manner. <br>
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It is often the worst of both worlds.
answers2: I have two degrees in history so I could probably help with
this one. One answer comes to mind immediately. The
teachers/professors do not know how to present the topic. Thankfully
I had a wonderful Honors U.S. History teacher in high school (she is a
nun) and instilled in me the importance of learning history. <br>
I was fortunate to be taught that history is not about dates or
memorizing when an event happened but about the political, economic,
religious and social ramifications of events in history. When you
have to break things down like that the wars and battles and
presidents and speeches take on an entirely different meaning. <br>
I had several great college professors as well. It truly boils down
to how the information is relayed to the students. If it is presented
in a boring way then the students will find it boring...sounds
elementary but it is very true.
answers3: because they thing of history that doesn't challenges my way
of thinking and bores me almost to piont of leaving class. they tell
the same stories of people who did let things and not the ones who
really made the difference and just of the same old people like with
black history all they talk is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr when there
are more black who did good things just like the whites during that
time who did good and not bad. too much left out information .
answers4: Because they are too young to understand why it is
important. Also, trying to learn history out of a book is a real drag.
In high school, my history teachers were coaches. They tought the bare
minimum. They were there to coach and not teach. And they made
learning it very dry and boring. The best way to learn history is to
experience it. For instance, if you want to learn the history of a
building, walk through that building and discover the history inside.
Although that's not always possible, learning history should be fun.
answers5: Totally depends on the college, the class, and the
professor. I was never in a class where we went around the room and
each read a paragraph from the text like we sometimes did in high
school. You might have to give a presentation, but you probably won't
have to do this in most of your classes unless you major in something
like Communications. On the first day of class, your professor will
probably hand out a syllabus that lists the course requirements. If
you have to make a presentation, it should be on the syllabus. Most
schools have a drop/add period so if you REALLY don't want to take a
class with that type of requirement, you can drop the class and add a
new one that doesn't have that type of requirement. Good luck!
answers6: I think some people may hate history because there is a
quote that says that "history repeats itself." So why should people
study it when it repeats itself. Irony is, many people find it
fascinating from that perspective--why don't people learn from it?
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People should learn about history because those who ignore history,
are condemened to repeat it. <br>
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Sometimes I wonder how well did politicians now learn or have studied
history. George Bush and Ahmadinejad are just a few to name.
answers7: Hey, speak for yourself. Many like history, and even take
history majors in university. There are so many, and I mean soooo
many branches to discover- Ancient history, Egyptian, Indian, South
East Asian, China, European, the Slavic domains, Biblical history,
Middle Eastern. The concept of lost civilizations, Mexican, Mayan,
Tibetan, Incas, Atlantis, Lemuria, the list goes on. <br>
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History based movies are very successful in the box office. <br>
Our world is very interesting, and to know about each others culture,
we have to know each other's vibrant and beautiful history.
answers8: Some don't like the various facts that need to be remembered
for tests. Some don't like all of the reading. Some think it's
boring and do not appreciate the necessity of knowing about the past
and how the future is usually nothing new, but a repeat of past
things. <br>
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It's sad that people don't appreciate history because many lies are
taught and people don't bother to look into history to find truth. As
it is said time and time again, if you don't know you're history,
you're bound to repeat it. So one could argue, those who don't care
about history, don't care about the future, though that is a stretch.
answers9: Three reasons: <br>
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1) Many History Teachers make it about dates and not about people and
events. It is so much more important to know about the Man Columbus
then to know he first got here in 1492 <br>
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2) We do nothing in schools to tie History to other topics. For
example would not the History of the Industrial Revolution in England
and reading Dickens be so much more interesting if students were told
that Dickens wrote in that time period and that he was writing as a
reaction to his own Father's life as a debtor in debtors prison? <br>
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3) We teach Myths not facts. We all think that Paul Revere warned that
"The British were coming" Why the heck would he say that. He thought
of himself as British and The British army was already here. So
instead of teaching the Facts we teach myths. How many students think
Lincoln Freed the slaves? Lincoln never freed a salve. The
Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in states in rebellion in other
words areas that Lincoln had no legal authority over. If we cut out
the myths History would be more interesting
answers10: Kids are required to memorize dates and basics, but they
aren't exposed to the really fun stuff in history, or how it relates
to things happening today. Yes, the Crusades happened from X to Y
date, but did they know that one reason it was all started was because
Europe was relatively peaceful, and the Pope was worried that knights
were fighting each other and the public instead, so he sent them out
to "battle the infidels!" Or that the Crusades are one reason we're
so hated in the Middle East? We slaughtered Muslims left and right,
without any regard for whether or not they were actually soldiers.
I'd hardly blame them for carrying a grudge.
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