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In reply to this comment by ajkido:
OK, maybe I should have given a longer description about what knowing history is, but I certainly didn't say it's ONLY dates and names. I'd still say it's hardly more than remembering a lot of stuff.

Even understanding that x caused y is usually specific for its time period and thus understanding one event doesn't lead to understanding all events with similar circumstances. And "understanding that x caused y" is basically the same as "remembering that x caused y" when it comes to knowing history.

Also I'm not American and I can't exactly relate to the public school system of the US, so I can't speak much about the exact details of the teaching, but I can however criticize enoch's arguments (which are still very hard to read...)

Edit: and btw, enoch, in my opinion it would help a lot if you gave an example of the way you think teachers SHOULD teach (history for example).

are you asking me to teach you?
and i was making a statement,not an argument,based on my personal experience.
you are still free to disagree my friend but there is a difference.

In reply to this comment by ajkido:
enoch, you can't teach history without a bunch of dates and names. If you want to talk about teaching problem solving, take a subject where there are actual problems to solve. Like mathematics or physics...

Knowing history is remembering who did what, when and where, and what was the impact on future events. Usually the point of history classes is to teach the bigger picture, but you can't exactly say "and then x and then y and then z..." without any timeframes etc.

And you yourself said that many of the teachers were poorly educated. I guess it's good to not let them teach their own bullshit but to follow the curriculum designed by smarter and better educated people. Also looking at your writing I suspect you're not very highly educated either.

way to make my point for me scooter!
thank you.
i think you misunderstood my entire post.
either that or i was not clear enough.
but thank you for that snide dig.
you are so cute when you are being pompous!
hugs and kisses.
me

Fortunately I know the difference between the right to say something and saying it.

Just because you have the right to own a gun, doesn't make it a good idea. Just because I have the right to say that I think you're a dimwit, does not mean that I am going to. Understand?
In reply to this comment by ajkido:
So you're against freedom of speech?

meh

Irony is lost on some.

As illogical as it is, that word really affects people. Especially when they don't have a clear, concise context to which they can apply it. Please be careful in using the word in your comments. You have been warned

In reply to this comment by ajkido:
But niggers say that white people are almost never allowed to use the n-word!

Exactly why do you think 'nigger' is a descriptive word, here?

In reply to this comment by ajkido:
But niggers say that white people are almost never allowed to use the n-word!

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Just curious, what is it about the title you object to.

In reply to this comment by ajkido:
Great song (especially live) but no upvote because of title.

detheter, nu-metal is metal too.

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lol

In reply to this comment by ajkido:
This is not even near as stupid and embarrassing and lame as the Finnish Olli "Cola-Olli" Hokkanen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hix25TdoBFA

Explanation: He tried to drink a 1.5L bottle of Coca-Cola as quickly as possible on a similar TV show. He stopped at 3rd glass out of 7 and said "I can't. It's too acidy." The show host asked if it came as a surprise that Coca-Cola contains carbonic acid... After that hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of Finnish kids posted their own videos on YouTube where they drank whole 1.5L bottles in a few seconds etc. On a side note Olli is now being charged for filming half-naked underaged kids.