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In reply to the discussion: What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) [View all]Ocelot II
(126,141 posts)1. Pretty much nothing. I barely remember being in the class at all.
I hated high school so much that I've probably repressed a lot of it. I remember choir and art class, which I liked, and my Latin class which I would have enjoyed if I hadn't been sent to the principal's office for laughing at the teacher, who resembled a large chicken. I remember biology because of the smell of formaldehyde-pickled frogs, and chemistry because we could set things on fire and create unpleasant odors. I remember some of the English lit materials, especially the dirty parts of Chaucer. But history? Nada. In one ear and out the other.
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What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) [View all]
Stuart G
Oct 2023
OP
We got the attack on the bonus camps from my history teacher. He was a pretty unusual guy. An old
brewens
Oct 2023
#3
I remember most of it. Had a very colorful teacher, one that would not pass muster today.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2023
#9
I remember acing the classes by simply reading the assignments. The textbooks were outdated, and
FailureToCommunicate
Oct 2023
#18
I only had 9 weeks of history in HS because when I was 16 I quit school and got a job to help support the family.
appleannie1
Oct 2023
#22
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", also "Ma, Ma, Where's my Pa, Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha"
progree
Oct 2023
#24
Same here. All I remember is the coach had us draw a cartoon as an assignment. A pretty girl I was
MLAA
Oct 2023
#27
A high school teacher that would say she was from the "glorious State of Virginia" & taught it wasn't "The Civil War"
RamblingRose
Oct 2023
#28
Very very lttle. But I took about 6 ot 7 college courses, plus Poli Sci Political Thought
bucolic_frolic
Oct 2023
#31
The teacher. He had a dry sense of humor. Sometimes it came out in the material.
keithbvadu2
Oct 2023
#34
Nada. Only a Lou Monte song. What did Washington say when he crossed the Delaware?
usonian
Oct 2023
#36
My high school history teacher was a WWII combat vet, he had served as a tank driver in Patton's army
Chainfire
Oct 2023
#37
I already loved U.S. History but I remember I loved the class because Mr. Johnson was a great teacher.
ShazamIam
Oct 2023
#45
We viewed graphic film of the atomic bomb victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
DemocraticPatriot
Nov 2023
#46
American History was one of my favorite subjects (and was my second ... journalism was my major)
ificandream
Nov 2023
#47