Yeah, we were very rarely questioned about names or places, except for a few big ones (presidents, mostly). We learned about the Silent Trade, or what Totalitarianism is, or what fiat currency is, or the difference between universalizing and ethnic religions, or what the Progressive Era heralded. Good stuff. I don’t know that the rest of my class each year were engaged as I was, but they certainly weren’t more inattentive than in any other class; and on group projects they demonstrated a good understanding of the material. I actually was in the “middle of the pack” classes because of my perpetually mediocre grades lmao, so it wasn’t like I was with honors students or anything.
I remember one of my classmates asking if I had a copy of the Art of War and if he could borrow it (yes on both accounts). Always felt good when I could share a little piece of my fascinations.
Effectively all my history education was names and places, and I remember almost nothing of it except… names and some places.
Yeah, we were very rarely questioned about names or places, except for a few big ones (presidents, mostly). We learned about the Silent Trade, or what Totalitarianism is, or what fiat currency is, or the difference between universalizing and ethnic religions, or what the Progressive Era heralded. Good stuff. I don’t know that the rest of my class each year were engaged as I was, but they certainly weren’t more inattentive than in any other class; and on group projects they demonstrated a good understanding of the material. I actually was in the “middle of the pack” classes because of my perpetually mediocre grades lmao, so it wasn’t like I was with honors students or anything.
I remember one of my classmates asking if I had a copy of the Art of War and if he could borrow it (yes on both accounts). Always felt good when I could share a little piece of my fascinations.