I find it interesting that most students see the American myth (or folklore) as fact and never really look into history. It's one thing to believe things at face value in elementary school, but in high school and college, we really do students a disservice by not teaching them critical thinking.
I know there is a lot of material to cover in US History classes (ours was stretched out between 10th and 12th grades), but it's amazing how vague everything is, how much is left out.
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Date: 2006-01-25 03:34 am (UTC)I know there is a lot of material to cover in US History classes (ours was stretched out between 10th and 12th grades), but it's amazing how vague everything is, how much is left out.