Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe US government gave freed slaves 40 acres and a mule, and then took it all back? Why am I learning this in my 60s instead of in US History when I was 12?archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down12
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkThe US government gave freed slaves 40 acres and a mule, and then took it all back? Why am I learning this in my 60s instead of in US History when I was 12?archive.phDoug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s one of the rare bad things about the US that I did learn in school. I’m sure it’s because my ninth grade history teacher had a PhD and many years of being recognized as the best teacher in the district. Teachers matter!
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI learned it in catholic grade school with teachers that were young women willing to take the low pay.
That’s one of the rare bad things about the US that I did learn in school. I’m sure it’s because my ninth grade history teacher had a PhD and many years of being recognized as the best teacher in the district.
Teachers matter!
I learned it in catholic grade school with teachers that were young women willing to take the low pay.