Why we’re forgetting the Holocaust

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Also, I find it ironic how Americans used to be suspicious of Catholics having divided loyalties between the Church and country when, every day, Catholic school children begin their school day with the Lord’s Pray and then the Pledge of Allegiance and learn all of U.S. History, not just the parts that are politically correct or convenient.
 
How much do millennials know about World War II? I wouldn’t even bother asking about World War I. I think, as a group, their knowledge of historical events is sorely lacking. And as Andy Rooney of 60 minutes fame said in an interview shortly before he died, “it’s only going to get worse.” He was referring to just about everything in American society and the world, and I tend to agree with him.
 
I dream of bringing back home economics, in particular. A lot of the obesity epidemic in the country can be blamed on people not knowing how to cook anymore, thinking that it is either too hard, too time-consuming, or that eating healthy is too expensive. I would like a curriculum that emphasizes making meals that are healthy but not too time consuming and shopping healthy on a budget. I was actually thinking of making a thread on home economics to see what other posters think should be included in a modern home economics course based on what life skills they think people are missing today.
 
That is very kind of you to invest your time to learn for in the future be able to help people somehow.
It will be the knowledge,and it will be the heart that widens and opens as you meet people.
Perhaps you cannot imagine how encouraging is.to hear that there are people your age who will take over what so many generations have slowly built thinking also about us though they didn t know us.
That is fantastic that you are thinking hands on!
 
I don’t see any evidence around me that younger people aren’t aware of the Holocaust. What I find distrubing, though, is that of 6 million executed by the Nazis in Poland, around half of those were non-Jewish Poles and no one ever talks about them.
 
I just hope people won’t think I am unqualified because I never attended a public school.
 
Or the mentally and physically handicapped that were killed in Germany before they moved on to exterminate the Jews.
 
I think teaching kids about the Holocaust should take a higher priority than almost anything else a child learns in school. The Holocaust is perhaps the greatest pure evil perpetrated by humanity. It must never happen again. A generation of children are being taught to believe that Jews are evil Zionist oppressors who want nothing but wealth and power on the backs of the rest of the world. (But especially on the backs of noble Muslims) If this continues, the world will repeat the mistakes of the past. Support for Israel is disappearing among young people today.

Also, I think managing credit and balancing a checkbook should take higher priority over eating broccoli and salmon. Between student loans and credit card debt, most millennials are over their head in debt by the time they finish college. If kids want to eat healthy, they can find an article the internet that will teach them the fundamentals of healthy eating in an hour.
 
redbetta said:
And when I become a full-fledged adult established in my field of work, I will run for school board in my community.
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I wish you the best and encourage you. But you will find that school boards are largely self-perpetuating. They can be because if you add up all the teachers, administrators and their relatives, you often have enough votes to win an election. They’re very well organized and are self-serving.
 
I was just giving the other poster my original motivation for wanted to serve on a school board. Also, I know there is more to a home economics course than cooking, which is why I am looking for suggestions of other much needed skills for a full curriculum.
 
Sunbreak said:
I don’t see any evidence around me that younger people aren’t aware of the Holocaust. What I find distrubing, though, is that of 6 million executed by the Nazis in Poland, around half of those were non-Jewish Poles and no one ever talks about them.
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Saying this in a friendly way. I think the number of Jews killed really was six million. Another, slightly larger, number of Poles was also killed. But of Jews, it really was six million.
 
The real problem, as I see it, is that education is spending too much time focusing on critical thinking and critical writing, and not enough on content and helping students develop a knowledge base about the world. Also there is too much time and money invested in technological gadgetry in an effort to stimulate students’ motivation to learn. Not enough attention is paid to learning basic facts, concepts, and issues, nor enough attention given to the art of discussion and conversation of these issues in the classroom. Some teachers and professors are bucking the modern trend in education, but they are a dying breed.
 
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I love that you want to get on a school board. I actually did a little cheer when I read your first comment about it. People like you can change the future. I think your plan is awesome.
 
Let’s pray that I can even get to that point. It is still a long way off.
 
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What about the parents?
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For the most part, parents don’t know what’s going on in the schools, and they sure don’t know who is running for the school board or what they stand for. Now and then, though, someone will come to the fore and sufficiently inform parents in order to get elected.
 
I hope to get more parents involved. They are the first teachers of their children, after all.
 
Talk it over with the Lord as you progress, He will be there with you always.
Entrust Him your enthusiasm,your dreams,your questions and all those beautiful ideas to help people ,through your own God given gifts.
You are unique, there is no other like you ,and there is your mission to discover hand in hand with Jesus.
Beautiful conversation and thank you!
 
I agree. I was having a conversation in a mall with a friend and we were discussing unions and how their shift from the Democratic Party towards the Republicans.

A group of young 20 somethings were listening, interrupted me, and asked me what a union was and about there history. I took 5 minutes and explained the nuts and bolts to them. They were fascinated and spent the next 10 minutes asking questions.

If a young 20 something can finish High School without knowing what a union is besides something they see on a bumper sticker, society is in trouble.
 
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