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The author makes a great case for us all spending a little more time reading History.
Hit the History Books (and Movies), Americans!
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Nothing has been taught more poorly in schools than history. It is no wonder that students are led astray so easily, condemning the nation they should have learned to love had they been taught history properly. America's greatness is not its perfection. It isn't. Its greatness is the product of its constant striving for perfection as a place, the only place on earth and in all of history, where the individual is elevated above the masses and faults and mistakes are readily acknowledged and corrected. Only in the study of history can that lesson be learned and appreciated.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Exactly. Understanding context and incorporating that (new) perspective can take the place of lessons learned the hard way.
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Yes - but how much of the history taught in schools is actually true? You know the old adage - history is written by the victor.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Agree, History is written by the victor. However, the truth often makes its way out. White settlers were "victorious" over native Americans, yet we know about the barbarism on both sides of that war, and the systemic mistreatment of the native Americans. History has great value for providing context and experience we can never gain in a lifetime. There are lessons to be learned, even if the History can never be truly and objectively neutral.
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