CRT Controversy. Does it really matter what we teach in high school?!

[Cypress]

Same here but mine was confined to WWII, and a little WWI, aviation history. I devoured books on it, mostly by Martin Caidin (yes, the Six Million Dollar Man author) and Edward Jablonski.

In the Marine Corps I gained an interest in all Marine Corps history and then, because it caused the most dramatic change in the nature of the Marine Corps, the history of Japan.

Not a whole lot of history, just the basics but historical fiction like Shogan turned me onto James Clavell. Concurrently, I was also interested in Eastern philosophy and religion.

Much is made about the brutality of the Japanese to prisoners. What is not made much about is that, to their way of thinking, duty and honor were everything. To not "die trying", to let oneself be captured alive was an act of disgrace. Cowardice. Why not slap cowards around a little bit?

Now compare that to the Spartans and we'll see the similarities in "life view". LOL

I love military history and World War 2 history, myself.

My latest endeavors were to learn about the Peloponnesian war, the Punic Wars, and the Pacific theater of WW2.

Traditionally, our knowledge of East and South Asian history and culture has been sadly subpar because of a bias towards Western European history

 

[Truth Detector]

The claim CRT is being taught in K-12 is a lie. Trumpers lie a lot. I know it. You know it. The Trumpers deny it. Time will tell if Truth prevails.

More irony from the forums liar. CRT is being taught regardless of curriculum and there is plenty of evidence of radical left wing, race hustling teachers promoting the lie of CRT.

I wish you weren't a dishonest lying hack. Really I do.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I love military history and World War 2 history, myself.

My latest endeavors were to learn about the Peloponnesian war, the Punic Wars, and the Pacific theater of WW2.

Traditionally, our knowledge of East and South Asian history and culture has been sadly subpar because of a bias towards Western European history

Ancient wars steered the fate of the entire West. The Greeks being the super power of their age. The fact Carthage bullied a hornet's nest in Rome until the Carthaginians brought down their own destruction.

Again, I only know the general history and trends, but I've always been fascinated how much history turns on specific events. The fact the Moors could never take Constantinople was critical to the eventual failures of the Moors.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

More irony from the forums liar. CRT is being taught regardless of curriculum and there is plenty of evidence of radical left wing, race hustling teachers promoting the lie of CRT.

I wish you weren't a dishonest lying hack. Really I do.

If you were more than an insane old man you'd be able to explain what, exactly, is being taught in K-12 that you consider to be "CRT".

If you can't, don't worry about it. You've earned your rest, gramps.

 

[Into the Night]

I am glad I learned grammar and math in high school.

You didn't.

Most of the history I learned was in college or stuff I studied on my own.

You didn't learn that either.

The Critical Race Theory seems pretty pointless as a controversy.

Denial of history.

 

[Into the Night]

Why would a give a shit about names and dates of battles in the Civil War?! Forgettable.

There has never been a civil war in the United States. One is coming though.

The so-called 'Civil War' was not a civil war at all. It was a war between two nations. It was a War of Secession.

 

[Into the Night]

Agree. In HS, we had enough to memorize in other classes.

Now that it isn't mandatory, I find things like the French Revolution fascinating, as it could be written about present day.

How does the French Revolution have anything to do with today?

 

[Into the Night]

No school is teaching it, to my knowledge. Just you racists whining

Denial of history. Racism.

 

[Into the Night]

because it is not. It is not possible to talk about America without talking about slavery, reconstruction, and oppression of the minorities in America. However, CRT deals with the institutions that were designed to hold back minorities and to keep them down. CRT focuses on those institutions that hold blacks back. Our teaching of history did not .

Paradox. Contextomy fallacy. You're gonna have to pay attention, dude.

 

[Into the Night]

You have no point.

He just made it. Argument of the Stone fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

stop showing videos. I hate it. Banning you if you persist

Argument of the Stick fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

goodbye troll

Inversion fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

giving you a ban. tired of your childish shit. bye

Argument of the Stick fallacy. Bulverism fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

Taught where? Name a public school then give me a link to their curriculum.

RQAA

 

[Into the Night]

Because a well rounded education is important. I was a science kind of person.

You deny science. You have already discarded the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.

But the other subjects were an important part of my education. History.

You deny history.

Government.

You deny the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the various States.

Humanities.

You support inhumane violent thugs like BLM and Antifa rioters.

Band.

Big fuckin' deal.

Exposure to all of that allows students to find their strong suit. Their passion.

So your strong suit is to hate and be illiterate. Gotit.

 

[Into the Night]

I guess.

You guess???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Into the Night]

Anyone who is teaching history as a series of dates and names is a terrible history teacher.

True, because it's not history. Just names and dates.

Lack of historical knowledge is why the Iraq War turned into a fiasco.

It didn't. Denial of history.

A lack of historical knowledge lead directly to the Afghanistan fiasco.

It didn't. Denial of history.

Competing with China requires a good working knowledge of their history.

No, it doesn't. Denial of economics.

Whatever their flaws are, the framework of landmark human rights treaties, non-proliferation treaties, and non-aggression treaties subsequent to WW2 were based on a proper respect for historical awareness.

No, it isn't. You can't justify such abuse of their own citizens because they've always done it.

 

[Into the Night]

yeah...like woke n' stuff...man.., like uh. wow...stufff

Belittlement fallacy. Argument of the Stone fallacy. Denial of history.

 

[Into the Night]

Washington Examiner is a known fake news source.

Got any legit source? BTW, you didn't answer my question.

Bulverism fallacy. RQAA.

 

[Into the Night]

A lack of a well rounded education is evident from the RW tards on this forum.

A lack of intellectual curiosity is pervasive from the right. They use Twitter and Facebook as their sources of information, rather than doing actual homework. Is it stupidity or merely willful ignorance?

Inversion fallacy. You are describing yourself.