The fungi keep on coming in Yorkshire, must be the perfect weather for them.
Hawklad was muttering about school, in particular HISTORY.
“Dad why do they just focus on the bad stuff in history. Wars, murders, executions, purges, treachery, villains. We clearly spent month after month after month studying Victorian Serial Killers for a bit of light relief from the bad history stuff.”
Yes it has not exactly been a barrel of laughs.
“It’s been like this for years. Just bad history. Never the Good Stuff in history. The uplifting things. The Heroes. The groundbreaking discoveries. The breakthroughs. The great reformers. The adventures. The fun stuff. So many great things have happened in history yet we never look at them. “
It does make you think. Why months of schooling on Jack the Ripper and yet nothing on Mother Teresa or Marie Curie. Not a mention about the Moon Landings, Climbing Everest, Discovering Penicillin, the first flight, development of philosophy, art and literature, the good stuff we can be proud of in history.
History can be uplifting and inspiring. It’s doesn’t have to be always BAD…..
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
A thought provoking point
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They really spent a month on Jack the Ripper? The world has gone crazy.
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More like 4 months….
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Just scanned a book on Jack the Ripper that a friend was the ghost writer for. Horrendous. Only read it out of obligation and I’d put it off for so long.
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So much history to look at and they choose to focus on that.
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I think it depends on the teacher’s interests
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I guess so as well
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Well, that’s sort of scary.
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It is
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Perspective. Love Hawklad’s ❤️
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He’s a star ❤️
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The sad thing is that someone thought that might engage interest
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I bet they did.
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These are the observation of an open heart that looks at everything from a distance. I don’t remember that we have only focused on the dark sides of history.
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It’s a fascination here in the UK.
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This is probably rude of me to presume, they do do stuff on Shakespeare? History of the English language?
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But they never teach about Shakespeare, just parrot learn the plays. Seems such a miss.
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I think I remember you writing about that!
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❤️
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We focus on what is important. Hmmm. That in turn should motivate us. So, what motivation comes from learning about Jack the Ripper. Please don’t even think of out doing him. 😇
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Apparently crime and punishment is a key skill for pupils these days
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It’s like the purveyors of bad news…the media. The good news is really hard to find.
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That’s so true
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Very true. I wonder the same. Smart kid you have there.
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He is
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When I was taught about penicillin even that was made out to be a cock up… yep, you’re right; it’s not just the press with their fixation on ‘if it bleeds. it leads’.
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I remember the science teacher when I was at college growing good penicillin and killer penicillin. In the end he couldn’t tell which was which.
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That sounds horrid.
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Absolutely on point, my friend, but I have no idea why historians celebrate the killer apes in our midst and leave the prophets—the ones with the answers that would allow us to survive in the world of fang and claw—to the clergy, who excel in boring those who deign to waste time in the hallowed halls of religion
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I remember my school and they did teach about the good ones. What has changed and why….
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I loved history at school because we covered everything, the good, the bad and the ugly. But l also studied Classical History. Hawk could always read about other aspects of history anyway and not just be reliant upon the school stuff.
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I’m hoping he can find a way to go a local college we have found that does both ancient and modern history.
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Is history something Hawk wishes to persue a career in?
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Fungi …… ugh ugh ugh 😣
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And I think you should be taught in history … the Dad hero that is Gary!
And me .. the worlds worst balancing on one leg artist 🙌
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As long as I’m not taught in home economics 🤣🤣❤️❤️
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I bet you have improved 🤣🤣
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Don’t bet … you’d lose! Tried the Tree pose in yoga the other day … not even a second!!
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But a second filled with balletic style
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Oh of course!
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❤️
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I keep saying no more 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️
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You do but I know you’ll stick another ‘shroom on here again ….
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Not till next year …..
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