Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Walmart is the largest firearms dealer in US; has roughly one-a-week firearms incidents [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)You state that your teacher taught you about Lincoln while being "unbiased". History is -always- biased. Unless your teacher was giving lessons like "Abraham Lincoln was born in America. He became a President. He had a beard.", there is bias. I am, for the sake of this argument, using hyperbole to better help your understanding of my point.
Now, if your teacher taught like that (which is unbiased and simple declaration of fact), then he taught regurgitation: Solely designed for test-taking. If, however, your teacher offered lessons more along the lines of the sociopolitical impact on the far north New England states of Lincoln's election prior to the active state of the Civil War and how it directly affected the Norths influence on wartime production, it'd be more of an unbiased approach.
My guess is your teacher simply taught you moralistic but otherwise stagnant "Facts". Your ignorance at the time would see this as a great thing (when approached from a moralistic angle) in contrast to other teachers potentially offering drier fare (Algebra, physics, what have you), and would be more receptive to appreciation of the subject matter.
ON EDIT: You, of course, have the right to your opinion. I can't make you right; I can only point out when you're wrong, "Opinion" or not.