alt Hacker NewsThe most interesting history we got taught at school was by one of our music teachers who was a kilt wearing Scottish independence supporter who used to tell us bloodthirsty stories about Bruce, Wallace and others...
NB This was ~45 years ago - I doubt such things would be tolerated these days. :-)
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Neonlicht • 10/02/2024
I suppose he skipped the part in which the Scottish elite sold out their country (literally) to the English crown?
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Scottish history would be far too dangerous to teach today. Undermines the narrative that all white people have a detestable history of colonisation and exploitation.
The history curriculum I was taught in school was terribly boring and politicised. Other than the mandatory WW2 coverage, the _only_ other topics we studied were the horribleness of European colonisation, like Gandhi and Apartheid, ect… I was rather surprised to grow up and find out how interesting the topic actually was.