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[Monica21]

I would've taken history.

Me too. The fact that I have a history degree notwithstanding.

 

[Romanian_Dude2005]

History is my main obsesion in life, when I'm not playing games or talking to people, I lock myself in my own private library and read on and on about.. "acording to Jimmy" .. dead people.

Geography is my second hobby, I prefer political and urban geography over geology personaly. My third hobby are *good* PC games and in fourth place comes psycology.

I also have a fettish for old english and old english literature

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

read on and on about.. "acording to Jimmy" .. dead people.

I was summarizing.

My experiences with history classes haven't been that great - all pupils take geography, history and modern studies for two years at the start of high school. Over the entire two years, we learned about Hitler (not the war, just Hitler. The teacher talked at length about how ugly he was), the Titanic and the American War of Independence - spending literally four weeks on the Boston Tea Party.
It all kind of put me off the subject.

 

[Romanian_Dude2005]

I know... history classes suck ass. I often find myself corecting my own teachers. But wacthing documentaries/reading books about what historical subject I want all by myself is alot more educational and even fun then having someone talk about "Hitler (not the war, just Hitler. The teacher talked at length about how ugly he was), the Titanic and the American War of Independence".

 

[Monica21]

My experiences with history classes haven't been that great - all pupils take geography, history and modern studies for two years at the start of high school. Over the entire two years, we learned about Hitler (not the war, just Hitler. The teacher talked at length about how ugly he was), the Titanic and the American War of Independence - spending literally four weeks on the Boston Tea Party.
It all kind of put me off the subject.

You have been most unfortunate to have had really bad history teachers. Too bad, as good teachers can make, what most seem to think, a dry subject very interesting and relevant.

 

[SlavemasterT]

...and the American War of Independence - spending literally four weeks on the Boston Tea Party.
It all kind of put me off the subject.

I'll fill you in on the rest: after the Tea Party, we kicked your guys' ass, then went on to become the most powerful nation the world has ever seen.

The end.

 

[TheGreatGodPan]

Any course with the word "studies" at the end is worthless. There's no "math studies" or "physics studies" because everyone already knows that math and physics are real courses. They tack that word on when it's not a real subject but they want to pretend that it is.

You did seem to have some pretty fucked up edumacators there, Jimbob. I've had shitty history teachers, but I'd always prefer history to [insert here] studies, english, art or whatnot.

 

[Jasede]

I an uneducated German and never heard that word, so...
...what ARE Modern Studies? It sounds like something that's.... pretty gay. Is it like Sociology or Politology [political studies]?

 

[OccupatedVoid]

Here's an interesting thread from the TESFstapo: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=589105

This one is creepy!: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=588545

 

[IV Flavia]

Any course with the word "studies" at the end is worthless. There's no "math studies" or "physics studies" because everyone already knows that math and physics are real courses. They tack that word on when it's not a real subject but they want to pretend that it is.

You did seem to have some pretty fucked up edumacators there, Jimbob. I've had shitty history teachers, but I'd always prefer history to [insert here] studies, english, art or whatnot.

Heh. Womens' studies.

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

I an uneducated German and never heard that word, so...
...what ARE Modern Studies? It sounds like something that's.... pretty gay. Is it like Sociology or Politology [political studies]?

Pretty much. Politics, laws, sociology, that sort of thing.

You did seem to have some pretty fucked up edumacators there, Jimbob. I've had shitty history teachers, but I'd always prefer history to [insert here] studies, english, art or whatnot.

I still have an interest in history, but not as a school subject. Never thought it would be quite as relevant or useful as modern studies, though possibly more enjoyable.

 

[whatusername]

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/inde ... pic=588651

Hello! I was wondering if I was the only, having ever felt guilty for some one that died in the game...and then feel like killing him/her for what she has done... anyway, here is my story :

I was going thru the Great Forest, comming back from chorol having visisted a friend in Malintus Ancrus house, going to bravil to visit my new '' friend '', the count wizzard... ( ehe ) and well, in my travel, ( I don't use fast travel ) I met a few evil bandits... ( I must specify, my horse was stolen ) so, these bandits decided to chase me to pell's gate... then, arriving there, I watched a lady '' trying '' to kill them... she got owned, pretty badly... anyway, I decided to load my game, in case she was quest related, also, I hate having murders on my consciense... especially those I did'nt do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif). well, I loaded my game, where I was a few miles away from there... so, I took the same road, dragged the bandits there again.. but this time, I got off my stolen chestnut horse, and attacked the bandits... killed them easily ( all hail bows (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ), went back on my horse, well, here is where the fun begins, right after saving the lady's life, she yelled Thief!!! and starting attacking me and my horse! I was like WTF! I should have let her die... anyway, I controlled my self ( RPing a thief guild guy, not a murderer... ) and simply went, with my chestnut horse to bravil, where I am to meet the count's left hand, the wizard...

well, that's it, that's my little story, which I felt like sharing... do you have any storys like that? where you should be aclaimed but no, instead you get attacked?!?! if you do! please! share them with us!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I don't see how I could be guilty for any of the shallow NPCs in Oblivion.

 

[Data4]

Heh... "________ Studies" college courses are ridicule bait. A local talk show I listen to on the way home from work in the morning had one caller bitching about something or another that conservatives did that tread on him in some way. There was an argument on College Degree vs. Vocational certificate and this whiny sounding moonbat was basically disparaging working class people in some pretentious way when the host asked if he had a college degree.

The guy cheerfully said "Yes, I have a bachelor's degree in Gay Politics", when the host owned him with a "Ah, so what gas station are you working at now?" After the uncomfortable silence, the guy revealed that he's now a campus counselor for some diversity something-or-other thingamabob. It's a point well proven. He's basically doing the whole work at a university because you have no real world skills to contribute to the economy thing that most social majors end up with. What will probably happen is he'll realize he's got a nowhere job with a shitty salary, get bitter because he fucked up (though he won't admit it was his own damned fault), and will tour with Cindy Sheehan's psycho circus or someone like her.

-D4

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

Fuck.

 

[Data4]

Fuck.

Relax, guy. Sounds like your's is a highschool class, yes? In that case, it's not too late. :D

-D4

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

Yes. But if it really isn't useful, I'd probably have been as well taking history... it has to be better than putting up with a crazy white lady with 50 Cent posters on her wall trying to be a rapper.

 

[Jasede]

You can safely ignore everything you learn in high school. It's only the useless basics and if you pick it in the university, it will be reiterated anyway. Hey, I am studying CS and Mathematics without having had CS before, ever, and I do quite well. If I only wasn't damn lazy, that is.

The really important thing in education is that you start realizing just how useful knowledge can be, and how it helps you in your life and your job. Once you do that, you will start picking up history books all by yourself!

Edit: "Gay studies"? "WOMAN studies"??? What kind of shitty degrees do you get for that?

 

[Vipera]

That's why I'm taking AP World History, I don't want to repeat all that stuff in college.

 

[sheek]

History should never be taught. I love history and about half the (non-work) books I read are history books. But I hated doing it at school. High school history teachers are ignorant losers who repeat the same class year after year and sometimes try to force their biases on to you. Mine was a socialist (as was the previous teacher) who asked us to make two lists, 'Right' and 'Left' and list positive and negative things about each. Left was freedom, equality, justice etc and Right was inequality, racism, slavery, classism, dictatorship, fascism... If you said anything positive about the Right you would lose points in your next essay. If you tried to argue a point you'd lose points permanently until graduation.

Anyway you cannot learn history through classes. All you're getting is one person's regurgitated bullshit from the limited sources they've read. You can't learn history from some 'textbook' either, however well-written it might be. You have to read many different sources with different and often conflicting views. And true knowledge is never fixed or final.

Although it's probably better than 'modern studies'. The important thing is, do what's asked but never take any class too seriously (well, except math, physics, languages etc).

 

[Monica21]

History should never be taught. I love history and about half the (non-work) books I read are history books. But I hated doing it at school. High school history teachers are ignorant losers who repeat the same class year after year and sometimes try to force their biases on to you. Mine was a socialist (as was the previous teacher) who asked us to make two lists, 'Right' and 'Left' and list positive and negative things about each. Left was freedom, equality, justice etc and Right was inequality, racism, slavery, classism, dictatorship, fascism... If you said anything positive about the Right you would lose points in your next essay. If you tried to argue a point you'd lose points permanently until graduation.

Anyway you cannot learn history through classes. All you're getting is one person's regurgitated bullshit from the limited sources they've read. You can't learn history from some 'textbook' either, however well-written it might be. You have to read many different sources with different and often conflicting views. And true knowledge is never fixed or final.

Although it's probably better than 'modern studies'. The important thing is, do what's asked but never take any class too seriously (well, except math, physics, languages etc).

Just because you get biases doesn't mean history isn't worth teaching. I spent 7th-11th grades in private Baptist high school, and I got lots of bias. Not only in history, but science also. My 9th grade teacher used a book about the U.S. being chosen by God as His land as a textbook. Manifest Destiny was of course also God's will. Thankfully, I'm smart enough to realize that's not true, and that humans did evolve and weren't created from dust. You can learn history in a class, but it does require thought on the students' part.

Also, if history isn't taught, how will anyone learn it? I don't expect a 14-year-old to read (or even be interested in) David McCullough's biography of John Adams. You do need different sources and different points of view, but you get that in higher education, not necessarily in high school. High school is just there to teach you the basics and timelines. I've never had a history class that didn't require sourcing, which is where you get differing viewpoints.

 

[sheek]

Just because you get biases doesn't mean history isn't worth teaching. I spent 7th-11th grades in private Baptist high school, and I got lots of bias. Not only in history, but science also. My 9th grade teacher used a book about the U.S. being chosen by God as His land as a textbook. Manifest Destiny was of course also God's will. Thankfully, I'm smart enough to realize that's not true, and that humans did evolve and weren't created from dust. You can learn history in a class, but it does require thought on the students' part.

Bias wasn't my main point. My point was that some guy reciting what he himself has been taught is true isn't the way to learn history. It can be an introduction but it isn't really the study of history. College and beyond history is different because you have to do your research.

Also, if history isn't taught, how will anyone learn it? I don't expect a 14-year-old to read (or even be interested in) David McCullough's biography of John Adams.

Well, I did (not John Adams but I read history books). Lots of people read about history in their spare time because it's natural to be curious about the past (and it's effect on the present). Like I said above high school history can be a good introduction and motivate those who lack natural curiosity - same as literature in language class - but don't pretend that it's necessary or important in any other way.

You do need different sources and different points of view, but you get that in higher education, not necessarily in high school. High school is just there to teach you the basics and timelines. I've never had a history class that didn't require sourcing, which is where you get differing viewpoints.

Yeah which mostly means to go look in your approved textbook(s) and regurgitate what you read using minor grammatical variations.

 

[Monica21]

Bias wasn't my main point. My point was that some guy reciting what he himself has been taught is true isn't the way to learn history. It can be an introduction but it isn't really the study of history. College and beyond history is different because you have to do your research.

If it can be an introduction, why shouldn't it be taught?

Well, I did (not John Adams but I read history books). Lots of people read about history in their spare time because it's natural to be curious about the past (and it's effect on the present). Like I said above high school history can be a good introduction and motivate those who lack natural curiosity - same as literature in language class - but don't pretend that it's necessary or important in any other way.

I know very few people outside my family who read history in their spare time. I was on a business trip with my boss and boss' boss, and they both got crappy romance novels in the airport bookstore. (Of course, my boss' boss has a MySpace account, so I don't expect much in the way of intelligence from her.) Most of my friends are the same way.

Yeah which mostly means to go look in your approved textbook(s) and regurgitate what you read using minor grammatical variations.

I started having to use primary sources as a senior in high school (at a public school). I'm not sure where you went to high school, but textbooks were not acceptable source material.

 

[Nick the Imperial]

At least the esf don't bash other forums and play worthless games and act like freakos.

 

[RK47]

Right. Damn Right. So why are you still here? Cause you want to be one? We could always use another Dumbfuck. Volourn needs the company.

 

[Nick the Imperial]

People power play Oblivion and all they do is hack n slash and complete the main qeusts and all the the guilds and then they say their done and keep bashing it and saying Gothic 3 is better. I'm not saying you have to super rp it like a nerd and pretend its actually real but man, people just can't appreciate a good game! Anyone agree?