Geoffrey MillerVerified account

History and Geography were replaced by Social Studies, and now Social Justice Studies.

Amazing in 2020 how many academics teach that knowledge is useless. Must not take even 1-step through what this would imply. Like "that implies last year's lecture, indeed everything I know is uselessly outdated: is it?" or "Why do professionals invest in learning to use tools?"

I think the removal of any primary sources has had this effect but yes, the vague teaching of narratives dominates the curriculum

Yep. Western Public Educations major accomplishment has been the creation of millions of emotionally stunted adult sized Middle Schoolers conditioned to believe only “what” they told and in “who” they are allowed/not allowed to believe.

2/Small investment in learning technique makes memorization of pages of data almost effortless for rest of life. Of course memorization is the syntax; still have to learn the semantics. But that too becomes easier because have memory pegs to link semantics to.

Also shows that a lot of money has gone to CPB/PBS/NPR projects, like those of Dr. Henry Gates Jr. & Ken Burns, that have been ignored by their own supposed audiences/supporters, much less broader populace. & reading is fundamental.

1/Prof Miller, if you plan to have any offspring, you might be interested in teaching them mnemonic techniques. Take it from a guy named Trivedi (clan responsible for memorizing 3 vedas). https://amzn.to/3dvC6WW  https://amzn.to/2AWB7C4 

I think it's more of a lack of understanding, remembering dates or some names won't make you care about what happened. Or attempt to view history without "Monday Morning Quarterback" bias. Definitely a Wittgenstein’s Ruler situation.

Truth is eternal