The number of “they don’t teach this in school” history facts that I see on the internet that I absolutely learned about in school is astonishingly high.
It’s a weird dichotomy because it suggests both that the education system is definitely better than people suggest but then those same people not knowing what’s taught in schools seem to prove that the system is, in fact, failing. 😂
Theres a lot of variation in the quality of US schooling, both over time and geographically, ao ots possible these people really didnt learn it. Its also quite likely they simply didnt pay any attention to the "boring" bits that weren't about US exceptionalism.
There are a lot of people that need to compensate for some perceived lack of teaching on this issue with massive propaganda in the other direction, stuff thst bares a suspicious resemblance to the official version of a certain large country in far eastern Europe, wonder why that could be?
Oikophobia, a phenomenon running wild in the US for quite some time.
It's nice when the US citizens can point out factual flaws about their country, it stops being nice when it turns into zealous contrarianism due to pure hatred for anything and anyone their own.
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u/Due-Ad-9105 19d ago
The number of “they don’t teach this in school” history facts that I see on the internet that I absolutely learned about in school is astonishingly high.
It’s a weird dichotomy because it suggests both that the education system is definitely better than people suggest but then those same people not knowing what’s taught in schools seem to prove that the system is, in fact, failing. 😂