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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 03:32 PM Original message |
What were you taught in High School about the Middle East.? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nada. Nothing. Apart from the "cradle of civilization" unit, |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Same here |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm guessing that the Boomers' views on Israel were formed |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's a very, very important question. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. We pretty much "know" the answer, though, don't we? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I remember that about 8 of us kids walked home from school |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Here's a funny "jewish kid story" from my childhood |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Oh no! Lol! I'm remembering about the same age. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm a recent grad and we were taught Mid-East pretty extensively |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's gratifying to hear that you were taught more than I expected |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Raised in Illinois and taught in the |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I had a series of about 6 substitute teachers in my history class. |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. This will probably come as a surprise... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. I had two great history teachers in high school, but we were taught |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Jewish or Christian Sunday School? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Reform Judaism. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. From what I recall, it is very much as you described |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED the movie...BUT |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. LOL, it was BECAUSE of Paul Newman |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have not got the link |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. The same crap we were taught about |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The "friendly Indians" like Squanto & Pocahontas or |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Except this time |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The web and cell phones MAY end up actually changing policy |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. They can't block everything |
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oneold1-4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Palestine |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. In 1967 we had a big 'ol map |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't remember being taught anything about it in high school |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. No history class I've ever taken has gone past WWII |
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oneold1-4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Taught to read |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. World history classes negected non-Western areas unill recently. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. not one thing that I can remember... not one... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nothing in school I remember |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Honestly? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Be sure and take the History Pop Quiz.. Lots of fun |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. A whole lot about the Crusades in Catholic school and very |
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