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PatSeg

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34. To me it is a travesty to make the study of history boring
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:34 PM
Feb 2020

I had a pretty dull American history teacher, but my world history teacher was my absolute favorite teacher. He made everything so interesting and forced students to think. The next year I had him for sociology/psychology and he was even more interesting.

I know what you mean about history being taught chronologically. Most history classes were about dates, places, and names. It was primarily about memorization, not understanding. Clearly, no teacher can cover all the aspects of one subject, but a good teacher will inspire you to leave class and seek out more on your own. Everyone is really their own teacher and an effective classroom teacher will bring that out in the student.

Your college history class sounds incredible. Such teachers often stay with us throughout our entire lives.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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