History lessons

[athanaric]

Vartan, you think that curriculum is bad? I call you privileged. Compare it with what German students have to go through:
Grades 1-3: Um I don't recall - probably mostly fair tales.
Grades 4-7: A superficial outline of the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Germanic cultures.
Grade 8: National Socialism. Also, the French Revolution.
Grades 9-11: Some more modern stuff, such as Industrialization, more of the French Revolution, and National Socialism.
Grade 12: Mostly National Socialism.
Grade 13: Well, you'd never guess...
Graduation topic: ...

And that was one of the better schools, with mostly non-liberal (in the American sense) teachers and a fairly "balanced" schedule. Most of the interesting topics were covered in the foreign language lessons anyway, though again with a heavy dose of "white guilt" and whatnot.
Most Gymnasia just teach National Socialist History in real time. They don't even make an effort to teach the kids the foundations of our culture and civilization, which are far more important than the 20th-century perversions thereof. Let alone an overview over other cultures. This is partly because the ones studying to become teachers are often the dumbest of history students (with a few notable exceptions), who're just interested in modern history.