Randall Twehous: Agree with Michael. There isn't enough of it, so what there is tends to get overstressed, especially as the nation is a world power.
Ron Keliipio: same here. my reason is because i grew up hearing and learning about it in school all the time... it gets repetitive and annoying, plus if you turn on the news theres all some aspect of it on there. i think the history of other countries is more interesting because its different and something were not used to hearing about. (unless of course something terrible happens) Plus if you think about it, our country has been around for like a few Hundred years as opposed to places like France and mesoamerica- they have been around for centuries and there's more to learn about them in general. it's definitely more interesting in my perspective.......Show more
Sharolyn Claybourn: Perhaps you feel the US is too young to have much of a history.
Marita Stadick: yeah I do think that US history books are o! ne sided and won't tell the whole story.
Chris Coggins: I didn't like it too.. until I read this book.. "You Don't Know Much About US History" It was amazing.. filled with oddball facts that your teachers don't tell you..
Rebeca Mckin: Maybe US history is just a boring subject to learn because I have that problem too! I don't like US history very well... But I don't mind learning about other country's history =]
Lewis Ranft: perhaps because typically U.S. history is waterlogged with patriotic tall-tales and just blatant lies. However, there are certain U.S. history books that shed great, or at least decent, light on the subject. Still, up through high school, U.S. history is taught, by law mind you, to instill a "proper sense of patriotic duty and belief."Meanwhile, other countries from the Western World allow true histories to be taught. After all, they still aren't committing genocides or going to war and killing innocent civilians. They don't really! have anything to lie about. America, on the other hand, cert! ainly does. For example, the genocide of the Native Americans is the biggest mass-killing of a peoples in the history of the human race, with numbers ranging above 100 million dead, many tribes completely extinct. And according to the Convention for the Punishment and Prevention of Genocide, created after Hitler's attempt at world rule, which America signed to--very late note--actually states that what America is doing to native peoples now is a form of genocide. They won't teach you that in History class. Just one example of many.Hope this helps....Show more
Julienne Poplawski: Your US history is probably very edited. Get your hands on a Canadian US history book. It's much more interesting. Such as the bombardment of the Japanese Harbours in the late 1800's or anything to do with the war of 1812. (That one makes me smile all the time. Those are Canadian rockets bursting over your head) One of the problems however is the new world didn't have any sort of fas! hion or style. Everyone is just trying to survive. No time to set up a culture....Show more
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