Posted on 11/02/2019 8:55:33 PM PDT by Borges
A young Instagram influencer has whinged that learning about World War 2 harms millennials’ mental health.
Freddie Bentley, 22, said he thought the schools’ curriculum on the devastating conflict should be cut back because it was “so intense”.
Bentley, who appeared on The Circle, told Good Morning Britain today: “It was a hard situation, World War 2, I don't want anyone to think I'm being disrespectful.”
He added: “I remember learning it as a child thinking ‘Oh my God it's so intense’.”
He thought that any mental health issues a youngster may have could be worsened by learning about the war that saw the Allied forces defeat Nazi Germany.
He told the show’s presenters Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway: “'I don't think encouraging death or telling people how many people died in the world war is going to make it better.”
Instead of youngsters learning about the horrendous war that claimed at least 70million lives, Bentley suggested schools could instruct pupils in topics such as understanding Brexit and how to get a mortgage.
He said: “There's so many problems going on in the world, like Brexit, that's not taught in schools.
“When I left school it hit me like a ton of bricks - I didn't know anything to do with life."
Currently, Key Stage 3 pupils learn about about the war, covering areas such as the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, the Battle of Dunkirk and Winston Churchill's leadership.
Many though took to social media to take issue with his claims, saying the war was a key historical moment and many had lost their lives for freedom.
The comments come after contestants on The Apprentice revealed they didn’t know when World War 2 started.
During the scavenger hunt task an item on the list was the Alice in Wonderland series which was printed before World War II, which led to several of the candidates asking questions about when the war actually started.
Only controversial contestant Lottie Lion on Team Unison knew the correct dates, telling her group: "Just ensure that it is before 1939."
Odd, that. 12 June, 1970. Plt 3074...
What are the odds he can suck start a leaf blower?
Electric or manual?
Does it matter? Apparently he/she/it is getting roasted on Instagram...
If Liberace crapped out a son...
This is not the result of learning about WW2. This is the result of the European gene pool being wrecked by WW2.
LOL
Nope.
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I’m a millennial. I’m also a huge WWII buff, partially because my maternal grandfather fought in the Pacific theater. The history, tactics, vehicles, firearms and artillery; all of it is fascinating to me. Also, I’m a woman. The subject of the article is, hence, an idiot.
Respect to our WWII Veterans - always.
3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
I grew up watching “Victory At Sea”, “Navy Log”, and read mamy books about the Second World War. By doing so, I developed a deep and abiding love and respect for my country and those who sacrificed so much to defend it.
So disgusted to hear what this young ?man? thinks! Makes me fear for the future of our nation!
There is a Bentley that is a mechanical work of art and then their is a human named Bentley who is just pathetic. Which one represents England today? Need I ask?
How could you not have? He’s an “Instagram Influencer”, which sounds like it’s quite an important job. I guess he tells all the snowflake Millenials and Gen Z’s how to think and act.
Sort of like “college for dummies”.
You might find the folio histories here useful:
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/World_War_II_(Bookshelf)
In the Pacific Campaigns and Battles section. These are short histories of the island fight commissioned I believe by the USMC, all by the same 3-4 authors.
Free to download. I read them all on my tablet.
FR didn’t like that URL because of the right parentheses. Here it is via tinyurl:
A snowflakes saga
About millionaire doing nothing but influencing products to other millennials. Unfortunately he’s also influencing his dumb beliefs too.
The rare & disturbing, male camel-toe.
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