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Hekate

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19. People today simply do not believe. If I were designing a middle school thru high school curriculum

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #11)

Wed Dec 2, 2020, 08:00 PM

Dec 2020

...the story and photos of epidemics and pandemics would be included in every Science class, every History class, and every English class. With pictures.

How in English classes? Easy: I can think of several novels right off the top of my head that have one or more chapters devoted to devastating diseases we brought under control, and are now in danger of returning. Mark Twain: a beloved child dies of “membranous croup.” Charles Dickens: take your pick, but smallpox shows up in Bleak House. And on it goes.

If our population was not so effing ignorant, if our population had something to fill their imaginations with besides cat videos, maybe we wouldn’t be in this dire situation.

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50 Rarely-Seen Historical Photos That Might Change Your Perspective On Things [View all] left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 OP

These are great! I love historic photos. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2020 #1

Truly stunning! spicysista Dec 2020 #2

Post removed Post removed Dec 2020 #3

site has restricted access oh well nt msongs Dec 2020 #4

Doesn't have a restriction for ne. sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 #6

Not restricted for me left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 #8

Hit "refresh." Warpy Dec 2020 #18

Some brought me close to tears UpInArms Dec 2020 #5

It briefly made me sad, too. Mr. Evil Dec 2020 #24

Almost all WWII photos break my heart. So many fought so bravely to sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 #7

That picture of the "kings" of Europe in 1910...shoots through me like a knife... Moostache Dec 2020 #9

"kings" of Europe in 1910 ... ALL of that was wrought on the Earth because of those men left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 #16

History, right on the knife's edge of calamitous change Hekate Dec 2020 #20

I had a feeling that only another monarch's funeral could bring them all together in one place. hedda_foil Dec 2020 #10

small pox picture shows why people got vaccinated. pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #11

That was very powerful Evolve Dammit Dec 2020 #13

People today simply do not believe. If I were designing a middle school thru high school curriculum Hekate Dec 2020 #19

i like cemeteries & i have found a few mini plague mass gravemarkers. more dead kids. lots of kids. pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #26

Yeah, and just try to tell that to a bunch of anti-vaxxer mommies on FB... Hekate Dec 2020 #27

Yes, and it was finally vanquished! burrowowl Dec 2020 #22

Those were interesting! If I were teaching history, I'd copy tons of them... Karadeniz Dec 2020 #12

Thanks for posting. I'm a museum nerd, so I love seeing these old photographs. nt iluvtennis Dec 2020 #14

Fascinating trof Dec 2020 #15

Great pics IsItJustMe Dec 2020 #17

the one photo of the police officer scolding a anti masker in the 1918 epidemic AllaN01Bear Dec 2020 #21

Switching a whole country (Sweden) from driving on the left side central scrutinizer Dec 2020 #23

And then Margaret Hamilton became the Wicked Witch of the West! progressoid Dec 2020 #25