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No more history in schools!

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  Posted by Mark (U2073932) on Tuesday, 15th November 2005

  During a recent episode of Have I got news for you I learnt that history in schools will be dropped from the main syllabus or something along those lines.
  
  If this is so, it is another prime example of this country being ridiculously stupid.
  
  What I came away with at school from history lessons is this, "History repeats itself!"
  So if we do not learn about the past, past mistakes and disasters (genocide, war, religious divisions etc,) how is the next generation going to fare?
  
  They'll simply repeat the same mistakes the previous generations made. There will be more wars, more religious persecution, more ethnic cleansing and so on.
  
  When will we learn. You only have to look at Hitler. Tried to invade Russia, could have learnt from Napoleon. Hitler tried to invade Britain, could have learnt from Napoleon, the Spanish, the Danes and so on.
  
  
  
  

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  Posted by TonyG (U1830405) on Tuesday, 15th November 2005

  I posted a similar message a few days back. it is certainly the case in Scotland that it is proposed to drop history from the syllabus. I agree with you that this is shocking.
  
  Mind you, it could be argued that even with history being taught, people still repeat mistakes.
  
  The cynic in me suspects it is a politicians' ploy so they can re-educate our youngsters with their own version of history. I must be wrong on that, musn't I? 1984 is well in the past now.
  

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  Posted by nuneatonguitarplayer (U2327933) on Thursday, 17th November 2005

  If History is dropped from the syllabus I fear I will be out of a job!
  
  Maybe the Blairites are trying to scrub it out so they can start from a clean slate!

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  Posted by ElHistoryMan (U2541213) on Saturday, 19th November 2005

  I have studied History once at GCSE and A Level and to me it teaches you so much. They can't drop it.

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  Posted by iPad (U2181937) on Monday, 21st November 2005

  I don't think "Blair" wants to drop history its just talk, hopefully it will remain just talk.
  
  Kids nower days have a shocking lack of general knowledge about anything, not just history, Jamie Olivers programme about school dinners was shocking when the kids couldn't identify simple fruit and veg. There so many subjects to teach that as new one rise in importance like IT and theres more focus on the three 'r's others like History, Art and PE get squeezed. This is just from an outsiders perspective to the schooling system.
  
  I think the heart of the problem lies at homes where kids aren't spending as much time with their parents as they used to. I imagine kids probably learn more from their parents than anyone else. I was lucky that my parents have their own interest in history, my father especially so.

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  Posted by siberiansniper (U2573777) on Wednesday, 23rd November 2005

  I am currently at school and history is an option. I would agree that most of my fellow students are stupid and ignorant. Sometimes its there fault, sometimes not.

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