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no4mk1t said:
Ask a 20-something what the significance of June 6th is. None of them will know. 🙄
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I just asked my daughter (turns 22 in a week). She didn't know it was today. But she knew what D-Day was. And I just showed her some of the videos. And then put it in perspective that it wasn't that long ago...."Grandpa (who is alive today) was 4 years old when this happened."
 
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Racer88 said:
I just asked my daughter (turns 22 in a week). She didn't know it was today. But she knew what D-Day was. And I just showed her some of the videos. And then put it in perspective that it wasn't that long ago...."Grandpa (who is alive today) was 4 years old when this happened."
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Obviously, your kids know! :cool:
 
Many years ago, my sporting clays buddy had a daughter who was expecting her first child. Trying to make polite conversation, I asked when her due date was. She said June 6th.
I said, that's D-Day.
She scrunches up her face and said, "Yeah, another old man told me that. What is that?"

We had two guys in their early 20's at work. They came to see me the morning of Dec. 7th. I asked them if they knew the significance of today's date? Neither one had a clue. Never heard of Pearl Harbor or "A date that will live in infamy. :(

Then they say, why do I need to know that?
When you tell them that you learn history so that you don't repeat the same mistakes. That's when you get the eye roll. 🙄
I withheld the Cicero quote at this point as I'm sure they never heard of him either.
 
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no4mk1t said:
Obviously, your kids know! :cool:
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They don’t teach history the same anymore, I guess. There was a lot of tv series when I was young, Combat, 12 O’Clock High, Rat Patrol and plenty of movies. I guess that gave me an interest even though it all happened before I was born.
 
My cousin was in WW11 - I don't think he was part of D-Day but I could be wrong. I do know that he was in Germany walking down a street when he heard bombs dropping and he got under cover. He brought back a big Nazi flag, a Luger P08, and a dagger with the swastika on it. He gave the dagger to his uncle, my dad, who was to young to serve in the war, and my brother has it now.

I wish I could have talked to him when he was still alive.
 
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seniormoment said:
They don’t teach history the same anymore, I guess. There was a lot of tv series when I was young, Combat, 12 O’Clock High, Rat Patrol and plenty of movies. I guess that gave me an interest even though it all happened before I was born.
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My favorite class in Highschool was history. I actually took American History one summer in my junior year o I could graduate early and join the Navy after the first quarter of my senior year.

I may have been the only American in the class as we had a bunch of Hmong refugees in Missoula.

Unlike "refugees" today, they were learning about the country that took them in!
 
NavyVette said:
My favorite class in Highschool was history. I actually took American History one summer in my junior year o I could graduate early and join the Navy after the first quarter of my senior year.

I may have been the only American in the class as we had a bunch of Hmong refugees in Missoula.

Unlike "refugees" today, they were learning about the country that took them in!
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Ironically, I hated history in school and failed American History in 10th Grade. Repeated it in 11th grade at a different school and got a B (I think).

Now... I find history fascinating... because NOW I have CONTEXT. They teach it all wrong in school... as a matter of rote memorization of dates and places instead of how history affects us TODAY.
 
Racer88 said:
Ironically, I hated history in school and failed American History in 10th Grade. Repeated it in 11th grade at a different school and got a B (I think).

Now... I find history fascinating... because NOW I have CONTEXT. They teach it all wrong in school... as a matter of rote memorization of dates and places instead of how history affects us TODAY.
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Same here.
Learning is easier when it's visual.
They discovered at work that the scores on safety tests were higher when the material is presented in a visual format. CBT Safety training became standard and transitioned away from paper to videos, and it made a difference.

Imagine if History class showed Band of Brothers or Patton.
Movies always contain historical flaws or omissions, but that's what teachers are for.
 
Found this earlier today, so true.
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I think an exclamation point would have sufficed. ;)
 
seniormoment said:
I did, but I figured if I brought it up you would think I was smart ass. Ha Ha
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I'd block anyone who wasn't a smart ass!

I was in a conversation with a shipmate on facebook and asked if he was demented, and he said "if you're going to resort to name calling please un-friend me" - I thought "What a pussy. When did he grow so soft. All we did was call each other names!"

I will be a smart ass forever!
 
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