I completely agree with you, I think the United States' education system definitely
needs some changes. We were left behind about the United States’ intervention
in Latin America. While taking this course, I have learned about many things
that we were left behind about. Christopher Columbus is a great example. I was
so confused to learn that he did not in fact discover that the world was round
nor was he the first to sail to the Americas. It was common knowledge that the
world was round in his time and the Americas were discovered hundreds of years
before he sailed the ocean blue in 1942. Why are children still being taught
that he made these great discoveries? Why don’t teachers teach history from
both points of view? Our history is always taught from an eurocentric point of view and its biased. We are never taught the whole story. I have learned so much about history now that I know both
sides of the story.
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