I learned more about history watching The History Channel and Internet than

[Remy XO]

TV and Internets FTW!

School is over-rated

 

[Heisenberg]

You should go back and slap your teacher.

 

[episodic]

Yea, school is majorly dumbed down.

I still remember in high school I was suspended for the following dialog with my 'world history teacher' after the end of the 1st 9weeks.

Me: So when are we going to study China, Japan, Russia, or some other country? Some African history would be really nice.
Her: This course concentrates mainly on Europe and it's expansion.
Me: Why do they call this 'World History'.
Her: Don't take things so literally.
Me: Just another damn class about dead white people. . . (and yes I'm white, but find other cultures fascinating)

 

[Newfie]

[Q=Remy XO] TV and Internets FTW! [/quote]


that would be a sweet Curriculum lol

 

[K1052]

I learned a lot in my AP history classes.

:beer: to my AP American History teacher. Man you were most liikely clinically paranoid but still a great teacher.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Remy XO
TV and Internets FTW!

School is over-rated

What grade are you in?

 

[BriGy86]

its some what true, but shows on airplanes of WWII and what not are a lot more interesting than shows on how a bill is past

 

[Remy XO]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: Remy XO
TV and Internets FTW!

School is over-rated

What grade are you in?

I'm 23 and a graduate. I never had cable television my whole life til a year ago and The History Channel is my favorite. O yeah and I don't know how you guys can watch MTV for more than a hour. It's just filled with trash programming.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: episodic
Yea, school is majorly dumbed down.

QUOTED FOR FCKING TRUTH!
We really need a whole section in the Forums just for this. On a personal note, it seems in school we spend more time proving we learned something than the actual learning. (I'll get back to this later.)

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: Remy XO

I'm 23 and a graduate. I never had cable television my whole life til a year ago and The History Channel is my favorite. O yeah and I don't know how you guys can watch MTV for more than a hour. It's just filled with trash programming.

MTV actualy used to show videos of music, hence music television.
Sadly they have stopped doing this and now are just a giant channel of suck.

 

[Remy XO]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: episodic
Yea, school is majorly dumbed down.

QUOTED FOR FCKING TRUTH!
We really need a whole section in the Forums just for this. On a personal note, it seems in school we spend more time proving we learned something than the actual learning. (I'll get back to this later.)

They need to reform schooling. Text Books as the main source of information in the 21st Century? cmon.

 

[UncleWai]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: episodic
Yea, school is majorly dumbed down.

QUOTED FOR FCKING TRUTH!
We really need a whole section in the Forums just for this. On a personal note, it seems in school we spend more time proving we learned something than the actual learning. (I'll get back to this later.)

Nah. I would say there are more options on your path of education. People can get by doing the minimal curriculum. That's why you think school is dumped down. The school system is better now because there's more room for weeding out the unqualified.

 

[mercanucaribe]

So you know more about WWII and Hitler than about the entire rest of human history?

 

[Remy XO]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
So you know more about WWII and Hitler than about the entire rest of human history?

You know even though they show WW2 related material %50 of the time I still learned alot more watching other non WW2 related material they do show than all of school such as history on Jeruselum and the Importance of the Holy Land for Muslims and Christians, Rise and Fall of the great Ghengis Khan, Roman Society and Architecture, the whole Chinese History, Pre-Bronze Age Europe, Middle East , Etc. Things school would never spend resources getting deeply involved in such things.