“Those who forget history are bound to repeat it” It has been noted that in the history of mankind, people who forget their heritage may repeat it. Such as feudal Japan and then feudal Europe. But in all honesty, if you do not want to remember what shaped the world to what it is, then why teach history at all? I know that history may not be the most active class, but the students will learn about it one way or another. “Denying someone something makes them want it more”
It is plainly obvious that if you withhold information from someone, they are bound to be curious and want to learn more about the topic. And if students do come across an article about the horrific events of the Holocaust, they would be mildly traumatized. So how about …show more content…
Events, such as the Holocaust, shaped the world to be what is it today. In that respect, it is no worse than the prohibition tax or other lessons learned from history. . Learning is part of our human nature and there is no way to stop that especially with the current news outlets available today 24/7..
“Aren’t there still horrific events going on in the world now?”
The way we are willing to focus on this one event in history, and not on any current event shocks me. Now, we all know that the Holocaust is of course, a very dark matter, but so are current events. But, these topics will be freely available for kids, while we still talk about teaching this one subject. As a society, we need to stop pin pointing specific things and just take a step back to look at the big picture.
“And what about the horrific events before …show more content…
The Crusades, World War I, the Great Depression, the list goes on and on, while we all just sit here in our own little world being completely ignorant of the other issues we will face when teaching anything like this.
I realize that this issue is pressing, but we all need to look past the horrific side of things and still teach kids about its significance. we also need to make sure, by the lessons learned, that it will never happen again. Let me ask you a question. You learned about the Holocaust, right? And you are just fine, right? So, how will keeping these teachings have a negative impact? Isn’t intelligent discussion and even debate good?
“Those who forget history are bound to repeat it”
To be blunt, ignoring what made the world what it is, is just ignorant and flat out wrong.
We owe it to these horrific event survivors to make sure that their stories are heard, and not forgotten. I would normally keep going on this point, but I have faith that all of you will want the Holocaust to be taught. It takes the smartest man to realize there is still more to
It is plainly obvious that if you withhold information from someone, they are bound to be curious and want to learn more about the topic. And if students do come across an article about the horrific events of the Holocaust, they would be mildly traumatized. So how about …show more content…
Events, such as the Holocaust, shaped the world to be what is it today. In that respect, it is no worse than the prohibition tax or other lessons learned from history. . Learning is part of our human nature and there is no way to stop that especially with the current news outlets available today 24/7..
“Aren’t there still horrific events going on in the world now?”
The way we are willing to focus on this one event in history, and not on any current event shocks me. Now, we all know that the Holocaust is of course, a very dark matter, but so are current events. But, these topics will be freely available for kids, while we still talk about teaching this one subject. As a society, we need to stop pin pointing specific things and just take a step back to look at the big picture.
“And what about the horrific events before …show more content…
The Crusades, World War I, the Great Depression, the list goes on and on, while we all just sit here in our own little world being completely ignorant of the other issues we will face when teaching anything like this.
I realize that this issue is pressing, but we all need to look past the horrific side of things and still teach kids about its significance. we also need to make sure, by the lessons learned, that it will never happen again. Let me ask you a question. You learned about the Holocaust, right? And you are just fine, right? So, how will keeping these teachings have a negative impact? Isn’t intelligent discussion and even debate good?
“Those who forget history are bound to repeat it”
To be blunt, ignoring what made the world what it is, is just ignorant and flat out wrong.
We owe it to these horrific event survivors to make sure that their stories are heard, and not forgotten. I would normally keep going on this point, but I have faith that all of you will want the Holocaust to be taught. It takes the smartest man to realize there is still more to