On 20/12/06 19:41 +0530, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > On Wednesday 20 December 2006 14:41, Vihan Pandey wrote: > > sake of doing so. The truth is history is one of the most important > > subjects as it teaches you to appreciate the glories of the past and > > makes you aware of the mistakes made and urges you not to repeat > > them. > > Sorry to barge in like this. But history is not at all boring. IT IS THE > WAY THE DAMN EDUCATION SYSTEM PUTS IT THAT MAKES STUDYING IT BORING. > Children will watch documentaries on WW-I, WW-II etc.. with great > intent and WILL REMEMBER THE FACTS and FIGURES well! But when it comes
But facts and figures are boring. Trivia is irrelevant. > to reading the stupid books written by some thickhead, they just get > bored. Come ON there are not even decent drawings or pictures in those > books for crying out loud! > The books fail to cover the important things, like in-depth analysis of _why_ things happen. What is a minor detail. Why is important. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
