You can still be patriotic and still realize that it was true.
Less so now,at least where I come from... which I only feel comfortable saying because a good portion of the textbook is basically "Look at all the shitty things Canada has done!"
its true to a point and varies depending on district and state often too. Most kids grow up learning a lot of patriotic stories that are nonsense, but more serious stuff some places teach more truth than others.
History books and classes are designed to cover the big events, not every little detail. Just as many interesting, funny, patriotic stories are left out of history classes and books simply to keep the volume of information manageable.
I guess that kinda depends in which country cause the version they teach in my history class does not favous my country at all... The only thing it does is make me feel that absolutely every form pf government we've had so far is horrible and that not one person you learn about during history lesson is a nice person
or maybe... you are actually NOT an expert on history or of anything most likely. And you should just shut up and love you country that takes care of you... but that's none of my business.
Sorry, but that's bullshit. No german school would ever ban that subject, on the contrary. Pupils aren't taught about WW2 til class 7 vor 8 though. That boy was either very young or very stupid.
Haha my History professor loves throwing shade on American "heroes". You know this guy? He cheated on his wife every night. Oh and this guy? Yeah he was fat and nobody liked him
well thats the thing about nearly all heroes... its a specific action that makes them such and has no relation to whether they are actually good people its just if they did something great that one time or sometimes just because of the situation they were in.
I would say, that is why Tor is so great. being able to browse through the defeated countrie's history, or even accounts of history that are excluded from my home country is very informative
Not in Canada. A big part of the history we are taught revolves around all of the death and destruction it took to get us here. Everything from taking the land from the natives to residential schools. We learn from a pretty young age of all our horrors so we never repeat any of them.
As a high school student in Australia, I have to say I disagree with this statement. We're encouraged to discuss current events and (in relevant classes)hardships inflicted (by our government) on historical groups/ modern minorities. For example, we spent this entire year in history learning about Australian History; and we covered (in great detail) the treatment of early Indigenous Australians, the White Australia Policy and Government propaganda during wartime era's. We also extensively covered control and manipulation, censorship and propaganda and the power of the media in English. We are encouraged to form our own opinions, and discuss these views with our peers and teachers.
I understand that it might be different in other counties, but I also feel that you can't generalize so freely- I know that Australian leadership post 1787 has been, frankly, less than steller and yet I do love my country.
Less so now,at least where I come from... which I only feel comfortable saying because a good portion of the textbook is basically "Look at all the shitty things Canada has done!"
America isn't perfect,and we weren't kicking ass since 1776.
In America at least.
If right, to remain so.
If wrong, to be set right.
I understand that it might be different in other counties, but I also feel that you can't generalize so freely- I know that Australian leadership post 1787 has been, frankly, less than steller and yet I do love my country.