My history teacher is such a dweeb

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My Advanced World History teacher is such a dweeb. He thinks he's the sole holder of knowledge who will be the first and the last to dispense that
precious cargo to his students. If this was College Prep World History I, he might have a point. However, this is Advanced World History II, and we already heard the basics from the Honors World I course we had to take before. His favorite phrase is, "No other history teacher will tell you this, but. . ." Some quotes:

"Most teachers are afraid to tell you that John Calvin was a little nuts."

"History teachers don't like to talk about WWI."

"I am the only person who will give you more than passing mention of the Holocaust, what with all the revisionism that's so popular now." (Note: I go to school in America, not Iran)



First of all, we don't have to be told of the craziness of John Calvin. We can judge for ourselves by looking at all the crazy things he did. Also, if there's one thing history teachers LOVE to talk about, it's WWI (ahem, Mr. M.! Ahem, eighth grade!). I would, however, like to thank my teacher for informing me *sarcastic* of this myyyyysteriooooooous "Holocaust" business, because it's not like we already got this from our fifth and seventh grade teachers! It's not like we're nerdish honor students who self-educate about this sort of thing! It's not like a third of the class is Jewish! It's not like we watched 'The Pianist' in Hon.WH1! It's not like we aren't under the insidious thrall of Mahmoud Ahamenajad, even though he lives on the other side of the world! The extent of our ignorance could go on and on. . .

wow, never thought I'd hear that. History teachers usually like talking about history, WWI included.

As I said, dweeb.

If he doesn't know Jesse James, he doesn't know Jack.

I had an English teacher last year who simply lacked intelligence. She reamed me for asking a question about wine in Egypt, she said we did not talk about alcoholic drinks in her class. She would also come up behind me when I was working, put her hands on my shoulders and say, "How are you doing Yulia?" (In that infuriating sugary voice.) Her touching me when I didn't expect it always made me scream, and she'd giggle when I did.

Sorry, my little rant.

To be frank, I've never had such a dweeb for history, but I have had them in other places.
Some teachers don't understand how much people do know and don't know, and also what is pertinent. Write him an anonymous letter and sign it as "a concerned parent" that always gets teachers in a muff.
However, I would like to point out an interesting point about the whole Holocaust education, because at my school we had a poll to see how many of us knew what it was. Only 20% of the student body, at least in my grade. The admins thought we were lying and forced us to take it twice, with a slight increase to about 22%. The majority of people forget things that do not pertain to them, even if these events govern or change their lives. I know a Jewish guy who doesn't understand why the Holocaust was a big deal - because his family and he weren't bothered by it, why should he have to learn about it? The same sort of thing goes for other major events in history, the Rape of Nanking etc.
It really all depends on what teacher you end up with though. best of luck with that.

I'm Presbyterian, he should be afraid to say that.

I can relate to the crappy history teacher, though. My AP US History teacher told me Japan didn't surrender at the end of WWII. Also went on long economics rants despite knowing literally less than nothing about econ. Couldn't even draw a production possibilities curve.

And my AP World History teacher... I don't even want to talk about it. Truly frightening.

I had a teacher that would teach for the first 10 minutes of class, then spend the next 50 minutes talking to all the girls in the class. After his 10 minutes of teaching, "Alright just use the rest of the class time as a study hall, come up to my desk if you have any questions."

lol I had a teacher who, instead of teaching us math, talked about his friends who shot at each other and his dreams about snakes and gerbils equaling teddy bears (thinking it was real for half the day), and how he was a math god, and how he discovered this super math thing but it was stolen from him That was a miserable semester!

Hey, I'm Jewish! Stop being offensive!..........................


..............actually, in my school system we only discussed the Holocaust in 4th grade & that's it.................... (maybe 5th also, probably not.)

To be honest, we learned about the holocaust so often that I'm really just sick of it... the whole period between 1930 and 1950 can just f**k right off and hide somewhere for all I care. Every single history course in the world seems to think that everyone needs and/or wants to learn about Hitler's Germany, WWII and all the other "morally questionable acts committed by foreigners during the 20th Century"... it doesn't appeal to me.

No one ever fancies teaching kids about the Peninsula War or the American War of 1812 or the Crusades or the Seven Years War or the Wars of the Roses or... yeah, you get my drift?

Anyway, good luck with your crappy teacher... I really hate bad teachers.

Sorry.

FOURTH GRADE?? Gee, talk about scarred for life.

Personally, I can't stand the Age of Exploration. Each to his own.

I usually got good history teachers. Except for one U.S. History professor I've had in college, who sometimes couldn't get his facts or dates straight.

Yeah... that doesn't sound like much of an interesting period either, but I don't suppose it really gets much publicity outside of America anyway - I've never touched upon it a school, apart from some sort of basic "Columbus went to America, the world is round, thank you very much, goodbye" outline... but it's okay, 'cause it really isn't interesting much.

1750 - 1890 is probably my prime area of interest, with a bit of the middle ages chucked in for fun.