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Originally Posted by The Walrus
I've heard the Holocaust described as one of the defining periods (events? Occurences? I'm not really sure what's the appropriate word) of the modern era, so it's probably something that people need to be taught at some point
As an aside point, try saying "anti-Semitic sentiment" when you're drunk, I don't reckon it could be done
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well "defining event" is a fairly subjective term (that's historiography at work
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i start high school history teacher training in august and as of yet ive had no formal education on the holocaust which says alot considering im just about finished a degree which the main focus is on 20th century european history...
and again, before everyone jumps to conclusions that "it's them imposing their way on us"
1. it was the teachers decision to avoid the subject NOT the pupils
2. not only is it a paper, it's the daily mail. the accuracy of the facts and the reality with regard to what they are sayng could be totally untrue and at the very least is skewed. is this one classroom or 10,000? is it really because they dont want to offend muslims or have they just chosen not to do it aspart of the curriculum?
3. no one seems to be getting my point about what we're taught in history anyway. the teacher won't go into a class and say k guys we're going to ignore this subject incase it offends you or shows scotland in a bad light so we're going to put on braveheart and talk about scottish victories over england instead but that's pretty much how the teaching of history works.