On 20/12/06 19:41 +0530, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 14:41, Vihan Pandey wrote:
sake of doing so. The truth is history is one of the most important subjects as it teaches you to appreciate the glories of the past and makes you aware of the mistakes made and urges you not to repeat them.
Sorry to barge in like this. But history is not at all boring. IT IS THE WAY THE DAMN EDUCATION SYSTEM PUTS IT THAT MAKES STUDYING IT BORING. Children will watch documentaries on WW-I, WW-II etc.. with great intent and WILL REMEMBER THE FACTS and FIGURES well! But when it comes
But facts and figures are boring. Trivia is irrelevant.
to reading the stupid books written by some thickhead, they just get bored. Come ON there are not even decent drawings or pictures in those books for crying out loud!
The books fail to cover the important things, like in-depth analysis of _why_ things happen. What is a minor detail. Why is important.
Devdas Bhagat