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meadowlander

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66. Yes. Biggest blind spot for me going to school in the 80s was history of organised labor in the US.

Fri May 19, 2023, 03:00 AM

May 2023

We did the Revolutionary and Civil Wars about 6 times over the years but never a peep about reconstruction or anything really post 1945.

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I am a white male who went to elementary school through the 1960s [View all] bronxiteforever May 2023 OP

Same here, I was a white female who graduated in 1970. badhair77 May 2023 #1

+1 well said! bronxiteforever May 2023 #3

Forgot to mention, badhair77 May 2023 #5

Thank you! bronxiteforever May 2023 #6

Absolutely! Chili Pepper May 2023 #18

I'm also a white female who graudated in 1970 csziggy May 2023 #41

I agree with you 1000% cyclonefence May 2023 #2

+1 you are right. So important bronxiteforever May 2023 #4

Keep those masses ignorant and grumpyduck May 2023 #7

Inthemiddleages soldierant May 2023 #19

I graduated high school in '64. Biophilic May 2023 #8

+1 That grasp of reality hit me too bronxiteforever May 2023 #12

1965 here. I think if all the grade school teachers from that era would line up, you'd know housecat May 2023 #17

I graduated from high school in 1968. One of the most revered teachers, an japple May 2023 #35

Wow, any excuse in a storm. Biophilic May 2023 #36

I graduated in '65 Mossfern May 2023 #60

One of the earliest reading primers I can recall contained the following: 11 Bravo May 2023 #9

Lol! bronxiteforever May 2023 #13

Then Jane said, "I have taken my pill and am ready for bed." Marcuse May 2023 #30

I was there too! WVreaper May 2023 #10

+1 those types of teachers are wonderful bronxiteforever May 2023 #14

I don't remember evolution being taught in my high school csziggy May 2023 #55

My parents thought peace and quiet for us kids was more important than Tetrachloride May 2023 #11

Old man that never fit in. multigraincracker May 2023 #15

My wife grew up in Tulsa Pas-de-Calais May 2023 #16

WOW! My mom grew up in Tulsa & even tho I didn't, my grandparents told me about that area of The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2023 #28

my mom & i always hated westerns too -- and anything with john wayne orleans May 2023 #29

Same background here. John1956PA May 2023 #20

+1 Sounds like we had the same curriculum! bronxiteforever May 2023 #26

A People's History of the United States hibbing May 2023 #21

+1 For me Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee bronxiteforever May 2023 #24

My copy of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee has many tear-stained pages. LoisB May 2023 #42

Zinn is a must read! burrowowl May 2023 #32

Absolutely. Howard Zinn should be required reading. So should Gunnar Myrdal. LoisB May 2023 #45

Yes. Biggest blind spot for me going to school in the 80s was history of organised labor in the US. meadowlander May 2023 #66

I'm 68, and just graduated from Berkeley (BA, Sociology) on Saturday--returning last spring, deurbano May 2023 #22

+1 great post! bronxiteforever May 2023 #25

Ah yes, the lovely inthewind21 May 2023 #48

I had no idea the UDC women were so into... micro-managing!! What year was that trip? deurbano May 2023 #54

ive loearned more here on du than in school, this is the stuff that the rs want to bury. AllaN01Bear May 2023 #23

I had a mostly Christian but partly public school education through college NullTuples May 2023 #27

I bet there are very few even on this site that know this Vietnam history The Jungle 1 May 2023 #31

i knew a marine who still had his ears, on a leather thong, years later. rampartc May 2023 #34

I took AP American and European history in high school. Act_of_Reparation May 2023 #33

I worked with a woman and I told her that I survived Catholic school. She replied, twodogsbarking May 2023 #37

And a warning from 1984. Baitball Blogger May 2023 #38

1975 high school grad. lastlib May 2023 #39

Class Of 75 Here Too RobinA May 2023 #50

Two REALLY GOOD resources on the Vietnam war: lastlib May 2023 #53

Recommended. H2O Man May 2023 #40

+1 thank you for the post H2O Man. I remember the Nat Geo bronxiteforever May 2023 #61

Same here. BlueKentuckyGirl May 2023 #43

We were lied to. I still find it hard to forgive. It harms history. n/t TygrBright May 2023 #44

I remember very little of what I was taught in "Social Studies" classes. malthaussen May 2023 #46

If you were the World's Best 7-Up Player, I was the worst. Backseat Driver May 2023 #64

I graduated in 1985 inthewind21 May 2023 #47

I think it was not an accident that this info was left out of curriculums Proud to be Woke May 2023 #49

I am a child of the 60s and 70s LittleGirl May 2023 #51

Graduated high school in 1970... MiHale May 2023 #52

in High school I never learned about the Japanese encampments YoshidaYui May 2023 #56

+1 wow. I did not know the Hawaiian immunity. bronxiteforever May 2023 #57

well the US Navy was at Pearl Harbor YoshidaYui May 2023 #65

I graduated HS 1976. Never learned of Japanese Internment Camps till college. George Takei Ziggysmom May 2023 #58

+1 me too. George is a national treasure. bronxiteforever May 2023 #59

K&R ismnotwasm May 2023 #62

Me, too. I graduated from HS in 1970. I didn't go to Catholic school, but I took fourth grade Martin68 May 2023 #63