Originally Posted by Murmayder
It's the most logical solution.
That may be so. But over the past several centuries of human civilisation, the logical solution has very rarely been the one that was implemented. Especially when it comes to something that effectively relies on people not being greedy.
Originally Posted by fat0ninja
And if kids can't just 'pick' it up? History is a vital part of our culture, and you can't just not teach it.
Then they won't have learned about an event that will most likely never have been of any interest or relevance to them. History is only vital to culture to show us what not to do. After we know that, there is no point to it.
Originally Posted by Onamist
That may be so. But over the past several centuries of human civilisation, the logical solution has very rarely been the one that was implemented. Especially when it comes to something that effectively relies on people not being greedy.
Then they won't have learned about an event that will most likely never have been of any interest or relevance to them. History is only vital to culture to show us what not to do. After we know that, there is no point to it.
Please tell me you're not buying this.
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Originally Posted by Onamist
Then they won't have learned about an event that will most likely never have been of any interest or relevance to them. History is only vital to culture to show us what not to do. After we know that, there is no point to it.
So you're saying that we should just tell kids that what happened in the past doesn't matter?
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Originally Posted by fat0ninja
So you're saying that we should just tell kids that what happened in the past doesn't matter?
lets say what happened beyond 1800 is not very relevant.
sure are interesting information, but not very necessary.
old history shouldnt matter much in politics in the first place imo :/
just look at israel.. a state built upon 2000 years old stories, and now the shit is going on
things that are actual relevant like mathmatics, english, politics, economics and whatever you need for your future jobs are much more important.
pupils should be specialized much sooner.
i mean, who is ever going to interpret poems after school?
or even need to know anything in that direction. only a very few people!
why teach the ones who know that they are not going into that field anyway that kind of stuff?
there should be several school types after like 8 years elementary school
for mathmatics/science, literature/languages etc.
on that way the pupils learn what they are good at and what they will need in their future.
Last edited by GHB; Jul 31, 2010 at 12:45 PM.
