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[The Score in Blue]

Hmm... that is interesting.

 

We've done studies on a country's leadership: Germany during WW2.

So glad that Social studies exams are over

[Divya Bean]

Yeah, but have you studied things that have absolutley nothing to do with your own country? -proudy holds up text book from 6th grade where we did an entire chapter on India culture and where we also had a chapter on China- HA! -walks off proudly-

 

:evil: I think...

 

I havent done the any of the above mentioned Wars because right now I am taking Honors US Government.

[livvy]

Loving the colour, Bean! *high-fives*

 

I'll be taking US History next semester. You can probably expect to hear me complain about it a lot. =P (I'm no good at history. Too many names and dates.)

[Unstream]

U.S. History was probably my favorite history class. I took it freshman year, but from there, it kinda all went downhill...

 

It's probably just the teachers. My U.S. History teacher is considered one of the best teachers in our school. This year I'm only taking half a year of Global Perspectives, which is basically the U.S. and its views on foreign affairs (as in the course is noticeably biased). And last year my Civics/Econ teacher was really annoying, and my World History teacher was so intent on being "creative" and "different" we'd have pointless projects and didn't actually learn any of the material that we were supposed to.

[-Ryan]

You mean theres classes where we can learn about stuff besides U.S. History?

I like U.S. history but i'd much rather learn about something like Germany's history. -nodnod-

[livvy]

Will! =D How are you posting? Aren't you in school?

 

All of our social studies teachers are either really ridiculous or really tough. The US History teacher is one of the tough ones, and he's got this sense of humour that you either really hate or really like, and I'm not one who really likes it. So next semester is going to be interesting.

[Unstream]

Oh yeah, we have a Veterans' Day weekend thing going on, so I didn't have school today, though I was gone from 9 to 12 for play practice.

 

Oh, and I've recently figured out how to bypass the school's security system, so if I'm ever on a computer and not doing anything...:shiftyeyes_anim:

 

Ah I see. Well good luck with that. My U.S. History teacher was also really hard - apparently nobody has ever scored higher than a 94 on a test, but he made the class interesting, which was good.

[Divya Bean]

Loving the colour, Bean! *high-fives*

 

I'll be taking US History next semester. You can probably expect to hear me complain about it a lot. =P (I'm no good at history. Too many names and dates.)

 

Yippeeeee! *high fives* Only I keep forgetting to do it and I have to keep on pressing the Edit button. :P

 

I am pretty good with History because my history teacher's favorite thing to say is, "History is easy so I will make it easy."

 

And someone told me the password to my school's internet network, so I can go on my iTouch in school and do whatever I want! :shiftyeyes_anim:

[The Score in Blue]

Yippeeeee! *high fives*

 

I am pretty good with History because my history teacher's favorite thing to say is, "History is easy so I will make it easy."

 

And someone told me the password to my school's internet network, so I can go on my iTouch in school and do whatever I want! :shiftyeyes_anim:

 

Your history teacher sounds extremely awesome.

You have an iTouch?! I have no portable music player.

[Tyler.]

I prefer world history because US History kinda bores me, preferably Ancient History.

[The Score in Blue]

Sorry to interrupt this, but OMG, since when did the HOP have over 1 million Views?

[CAV of Gang Green]

Y'know what's interesting? Congress apparently hasn't declared war since WWII.

 

It's true. Congress only wanted to stop Communism. War was never an intention. If we got into WWIII it would be because of Soviet Russia, not us.

 

And the War On Terrorism was started by NATO, which is a group of countries. America simply joined the cause, especially after 9/11.

 

I prefer world history because US History kinda bores me, preferably Ancient History.

 

Anchient History makes me sleep. Mostly because I'm not learning a single thing. I'm only making artificial thoughts for annotations. Other than annotating, we do nothing in the class.

[:)Doc]

This is funny. Over at my school we're being forced to do a project for National History Day. The topic is Debates & Discussions: Successes, Failures, and Consequences. I chose to do mine over what the government intentionally planned to do with all the atomic material after WWII. It's amazing what I've found. :D

 

I'm beginning to like history, but only if it's way old. I also like to study the old African culture. Don't know why it just fascinates me. :P

 

Speaking of all my nerd-ism, is anyone else here a member or former-member of NJHS? I just got to meet with the club the first time this year and it's pretty cool. Just a random question.... :whistle:

[Unstream]

It's true. Congress only wanted to stop Communism. War was never an intention. If we got into WWIII it would be because of Soviet Russia, not us.

 

And the War On Terrorism was started by NATO, which is a group of countries. America simply joined the cause, especially after 9/11.

Not quite sure those two statements are accurate. I wouldn't say if we got into WW3 it would've been because of the Russians. That would be a bit biased to say that.

 

And the War on Terror was led by America and the UK, backed up by NATO. You had it mixed up. (If you disagree with me, check Wikipedia).

[CAV of Gang Green]

Not quite sure those two statements are accurate. I wouldn't say if we got into WW3 it would've been because of the Russians. That would be a bit biased to say that.

 

And the War on Terror was led by America and the UK, backed up by NATO. You had it mixed up. (If you disagree with me, check Wikipedia).

 

It would. We had guns at us, and we had guns back. You said it yourself that Congress hasn't delcared war since WWII.

 

As for the War on Terrorism, I'm still confused on how it went from America vs. Bin Laden to where everyone in the world is involved. That one was my mistake.

 

But we didn't declare the war on terrorism now did we?

[Ruto]

Um.

 

I'll come back at a more suitable time. :mellow:

[Unstream]

Hi Morgan. So, uh, more suitable time?

Not really getting it...

 

Anyway, no, you're right, Congress never officially declared war on Al Qaeda. But it's actually a longer history than you'd expect. This whole conflict began during the Gulf War and Al Qaeda had been noticeably gaining power and proved that by bombing two U.S. embassies and later, the WTC.

 

But yeah, as I was saying earlier too, I don't think it's fair to ever point fingers at one side of the war and say it's their fault. Both sides probably are at fault. I mean, you could say Germans were responsible for WW2. You could also say the Allied powers were responsible for WW2 because of their harsh reparations. Neither are wrong.

[CAV of Gang Green]

Hmm...since we only got up to the beginning of the Cold War before we graduated, I'm not fully clear about anything beyond that point. My bad.

 

It isn't fair. But when war is declared, someone is bound to have more blame than the opposing countries.

 

We both had missles aimed at each other, and our fingers on the triggers. If USSR shot first, it's more their fault than ours. If US shot first, it's more our fault than theirs. That's how I would see it. If you disagree, that's perfectly reasonable.

 

Um.

 

I'll come back at a more suitable time. :mellow:

 

Sounds like she's trying to avoid my debates. :laughingsmiley:

[jumpingbeans]

You know, I feel so out of place here with you guys talking about war and me already with a Christmas name and everything...

[CAV of Gang Green]

My god.

 

Everybody is talking about Christmas. NOBODY is talking about Thanksgiving (US). It's almost as if the holiday doesn't even exist.

[Divya Bean]

I cant wait until Thanksgiving! My parents wouldnt let me go to Seattle by myself, so instead we are going to New York!

[Ruto]

Well, there are a lot of people outside the US here. :P

[CAV of Gang Green]

I cant wait until Thanksgiving! My parents wouldnt let me go to Seattle by myself, so instead we are going to New York!

 

YEAH!!!

 

Well, there are a lot of people outside the US here. :P

 

I'm not talking about TDN. I'm talking about EVERYWHERE. TV, ads, the news. Nobody mentions Thanksgiving, but it's all about Christmas.

 

And all because Christmas is profitable...

[Divya Bean]

YEAH!!!

 

I'm not talking about TDN. I'm talking about EVERYWHERE. TV, ads, the news. Nobody mentions Thanksgiving, but it's all about Christmas.

 

And all because Christmas is profitable...

 

Thanksgiving is fun. I like turkey! And I am the kind of person that actually likes family reunions. :laughingsmiley:

[CAV of Gang Green]

CAV want pumpkin pie. CAV want pumpkin pie NOW. CAV must go to Costco to get pumpkin pie since nobody knows how to make it at home. CAV sad.