[Cicero]

U.S. history is important, but it's just one area of significant knowledge that our children aren't being taught. There's also world history, ancient history, European history. There's the classics. There's the great works of literature, which have almost all been replaced by schlock. There's real philosophy, which not even philosophy PhDs are exposed to these days. There's geography. There's theology and ethics. The list is endless.

[WrenchChucker]

I agree with you: it is disturbing what the youngin's aren't being taught today.

About a year ago, I walked into a newspaper to inquire about journalism, and providing them with a write-up from time to time. They asked, "So, what's your background?" "Well," I said, "I've a Bachelors in History and am currently pursuing a Masters, both with emphasis on America and Europe..." The editor and assistant editor looked at one-another, and then at me and said [I thought in a rather condescending voice], "And what do you think your history degree will provide for your stature as a journalist?" Literally, I was taken aback. Perhaps they wanted only to see if I understood the connection a history degree would offer a news outlet, but I wondered from that day forward whether if they themselves understood the value of history. This is what's disturbing and what we're up against. I'm finding a way into another news outlet at present, so there isn't much worry on my end that I won't be able to get what I've learned out to the masses. But it's still bothersome to think history, [or classic philosophy, literature, etc;] is deemed invaluable to even one member of the Mass Media -- and I won't even delve into the substandard historical analysis of the greater majority of talking-heads on the tele these days.