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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:32 am
For me it's mainly off my own accord, through books or the internet. Historical fictions, biographies and wikipedia are my main sources.
I am taking it as a subject at school but it's only American and German history. All we do is read from a dull text book and answer questions, boring! I hardly learn anything interesting, and when I do find something of interest the other hundreds of pages filled with boring information presented in a dry manner seem to take the enjoyment away from it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:09 am
I'm homeschooled and history was always a subject that my Mom thought was important, so most of what I know is thanks to her. At this point, I tend to find resorces myself, so I get to choose what to study. In school, I'm just reviewing American History right now. Nothing super interesting.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:41 pm
Yeah. I usually find other country's history more interesting than my own (Australia).
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:42 pm
I suppose it is often the case that we find the histories of other places beyond our shores to tickle us in a way that our own lands cannot. Perhaps is it is a simple case of familiarity breeding if not contempt then at least indifference. I may have to confess to being an American, though I've had little enough relish in admitting that these last 7 years.
School ended some time ago for me, but much of the history I've stuffed into my poor skull has been my own fault. In high school, I was given to looking up one thing in an encyclopedia, only to keep reading. Eventually, I'd have a pile of encyclopedias out before deciding I've gained sufficient interest in something to delve further. Today, the first part is done on the internet, and the rest typically winds up either at Amazon or a used bookstore somewhere. Sometimes, I take a class at an event hosted by the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) that sets fire to my brain, and I typically quench it with a visit to the on-site book merchant, as there is almost always at least one.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:06 pm
I totally agree, I think it is the unknown that entices me. Not only with history but with everything.
I'm like that in the sense of the encyclopedias, I'll find something that interests me from a text that will make me look at another, and so on and so forth.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:34 am
Books. The internet, God bless it, is just too unreliable.
Picking up a book makes you smarter, too. mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:38 am
Yeah I know what you mean, there are some good sources for information on the internet, but I usually find a book to be more reliable.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:36 am
I learn most things through school, or at least become interested in learning something through school. My teacher loves history, and loves to teach it. I look forward to her class almost everyday. I get her next year too because I'm taking AP Euro, and she's the one that teaches it. smile
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:39 am
My teacher's an idiot.
We just wrapped up World War II, and after smoking everybody in the class, she started talking about D-Day.
"The U.S Marine Corp charged up Omaha, and Utah beaches. The British and Canadians were at other beaches, but nobody cares."
My face did this: eek
I considered walking up to her, powdering my hand, and pimp slapping her.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:01 am
What an idiot!
Lucky you Boleromo, my history teacher just makes us read from a text book and answer questions.
He will start to discuss things sometimes, and I really do think he has a passion for history, it's just that he has given up due to the morons in my class.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:06 am
I do feel lucky. It seems like everyone has bad History teachers. Mine is obsessed with what she teaches. We almost never use our text books, she gives us warning a head of time if we need it because otherwise we just don't bring it. I love her though. My copybook for her class is like my holy book.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:12 am
Aw, I wish I had a teacher like that.
Maybe when I go to university.
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Galad Aglaron Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:33 pm
I used to read encyclopaediae when I was a child... sweatdrop Nobody told me that you weren't supposed to. I'm such a loser...
Also, I played a lot of educational computer games when I was a child. Carmen Sandiego. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:36 pm
Sure Galad, blame other people.
Age of Empires is good. 3nodding
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