Comments on: Finals week is over http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Josh http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/#comment-140 Josh Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:15:43 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=57#comment-140 Thanks Tekoda. :) Thanks Tekoda. :)

]]> By: tekoda http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/#comment-139 tekoda Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:22:45 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=57#comment-139 i really like yoru blog! its so cool! i really like yoru blog!
its so cool!

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/#comment-138 Josh Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:28:56 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=57#comment-138 Nah, not really (in regards to it being a bad joke). It really is something that concerns me. Being taught 'dumbed down' lessons in school due to maturity or time restrictions, I get. Totally changing the material to make our country seem 'better' irks the hell out of me. Nah, not really (in regards to it being a bad joke). It really is something that concerns me. Being taught ‘dumbed down’ lessons in school due to maturity or time restrictions, I get. Totally changing the material to make our country seem ‘better’ irks the hell out of me.

]]> By: Zeitlos http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/#comment-137 Zeitlos Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:28:23 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=57#comment-137 You don't have to wonder, what the Nazis would be teaching - at least for some parts of history. Just reed the speeches of Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler et al. They all drew a really weird picture of history in their speeches to justify their terrible plans. But...your history lesson in middle school reminds of a plan Himmler had for the youth of the eastern european countries: "The aim of the schools has to be: simple mathematics up to 500, writing the name, apprenticeship, as a divine order to obey the germans, being honest, hard-working and good. I don't think reading is necessary." Himmler's plan was to let the people of these countries die out by these measures. Might the US-government have similar plans with its own citizens? Sorry. Bad joke. You don’t have to wonder, what the Nazis would be teaching – at least for some parts of history. Just reed the speeches of Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler et al. They all drew a really weird picture of history in their speeches to justify their terrible plans.

But…your history lesson in middle school reminds of a plan Himmler had for the youth of the eastern european countries: “The aim of the schools has to be: simple mathematics up to 500, writing the name, apprenticeship, as a divine order to obey the germans, being honest, hard-working and good. I don’t think reading is necessary.”

Himmler’s plan was to let the people of these countries die out by these measures. Might the US-government have similar plans with its own citizens?

Sorry. Bad joke.

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/#comment-136 Josh Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:41:28 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=57#comment-136 Well, keep in mind, I said middle school, not high school. I left the public school system halfway through my tenth grade, and I hadn't taken any real history courses in high school at that point. But, even for middle school, the history we were given was still just totally wrong. Well, keep in mind, I said middle school, not high school. I left the public school system halfway through my tenth grade, and I hadn’t taken any real history courses in high school at that point.

But, even for middle school, the history we were given was still just totally wrong.

]]> By: Joshua J. Slone http://system13.org/2006/08/24/finals-week-is-over/#comment-135 Joshua J. Slone Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:21:37 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=57#comment-135 About Native American vs slavery, yeah, what you suggest is probably one reason. Having done no research on this question at all, though, let me posit another: the "happy ending". It's easy to say "Well, slavery was shitty, but then people stopped being owned by other people." However, "Well, genocide and culture destruction was shitty, but... now some of the descendants of the survivors have casinos?" is still a pretty shitty turnout. It sounds, though, like you got a more whitewashed version of high school history than I did, though. Certainly I don't remember going over it in great detail, but hearing "They helped Indians onto reservations so that the Indian culture would be preserved." sounds totally nuts. About Native American vs slavery, yeah, what you suggest is probably one reason. Having done no research on this question at all, though, let me posit another: the “happy ending”.

It’s easy to say “Well, slavery was shitty, but then people stopped being owned by other people.” However, “Well, genocide and culture destruction was shitty, but… now some of the descendants of the survivors have casinos?” is still a pretty shitty turnout.

It sounds, though, like you got a more whitewashed version of high school history than I did, though. Certainly I don’t remember going over it in great detail, but hearing “They helped Indians onto reservations so that the Indian culture would be preserved.” sounds totally nuts.

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