Why should we be forced to deny to our children that history is full of ugliness and death. It is also filled with splendid tales of heroic deeds, and other moments that defined human beings. Perhaps historical fiction graphic novels would be better than our traditional history books when it comes to conveying this to young people.
It is a fancy word for a comic book, really. Young people have been learning about a myriad of fictional characters and story lines containing elements of science fiction before the fact. It is not uncommon for young girls and boys who read this sort of literature to grow up with such a love of science fiction that they become writers themselves.
Young people who grow up reading comic books are often inspired to become physicists, scientists, and astronauts through their reading. Science, mathematics, and quantum theory all comprise the backdrop of many of these stories. When the readers realize that these technologies are being developed, it ignites their souls.
Why should be lessons teaching our past be any less colorful and engaging than the stories predicting our future. In fact, if we want our future to be anything close to the technological dawn that comic books portray, then we better start really teaching history. Those who have been counted on for this duty have been letting mankind down for centuries.
If we want young people to get excited about learning their history, then it needs to be more than lists of names and dates to be memorized then forgotten. The illustration of events from the past need to show the reality of battle, and the passion of love in a way that our textbooks deny them. Kids today are not nearly as naive as we were.
Naturally, subject matter has to be taught in a manner that is age-appropriate, and should be changing as such as the students grow. This should not mean that the genocide of invading corporate interests from Europe on the native tribes living on every continent gets watered down into the story of Thanksgiving. It does not mean that we teach them to be ashamed to be descended from Europeans, but that they learn to take pride in changing how we treat each other on Planet Earth.
Modern historians and researchers are seeking to reveal truths and allow radical new theories of our origins that rock the establishment to its core. This information can no longer be hidden from the world, but our educational system still fails to keep up with these changes out of dogmatic fear. Their disgrace should be engraved on their gravestones.
The notion that ignorance of the past condemns repeat patterns is true. But let us not be obtuse in our interpretation of this message, as it is failure to connect past events with current events that condemns us. If history continues to be taught as merely spoon-fed facts to students who are discouraged to pursue further research, then brace yourself for the next Holocaust.
It is a fancy word for a comic book, really. Young people have been learning about a myriad of fictional characters and story lines containing elements of science fiction before the fact. It is not uncommon for young girls and boys who read this sort of literature to grow up with such a love of science fiction that they become writers themselves.
Young people who grow up reading comic books are often inspired to become physicists, scientists, and astronauts through their reading. Science, mathematics, and quantum theory all comprise the backdrop of many of these stories. When the readers realize that these technologies are being developed, it ignites their souls.
Why should be lessons teaching our past be any less colorful and engaging than the stories predicting our future. In fact, if we want our future to be anything close to the technological dawn that comic books portray, then we better start really teaching history. Those who have been counted on for this duty have been letting mankind down for centuries.
If we want young people to get excited about learning their history, then it needs to be more than lists of names and dates to be memorized then forgotten. The illustration of events from the past need to show the reality of battle, and the passion of love in a way that our textbooks deny them. Kids today are not nearly as naive as we were.
Naturally, subject matter has to be taught in a manner that is age-appropriate, and should be changing as such as the students grow. This should not mean that the genocide of invading corporate interests from Europe on the native tribes living on every continent gets watered down into the story of Thanksgiving. It does not mean that we teach them to be ashamed to be descended from Europeans, but that they learn to take pride in changing how we treat each other on Planet Earth.
Modern historians and researchers are seeking to reveal truths and allow radical new theories of our origins that rock the establishment to its core. This information can no longer be hidden from the world, but our educational system still fails to keep up with these changes out of dogmatic fear. Their disgrace should be engraved on their gravestones.
The notion that ignorance of the past condemns repeat patterns is true. But let us not be obtuse in our interpretation of this message, as it is failure to connect past events with current events that condemns us. If history continues to be taught as merely spoon-fed facts to students who are discouraged to pursue further research, then brace yourself for the next Holocaust.
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