Rockafella Skank

A funny requirement to graduate in the United States is having to take United States history in high school. That's not the same in Canada is it?

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Makes perfect sense to me, the past guides the future. So why not understand the past so you can excel in the future (ie: capitalism)?

I think most people bitch about it just because they thing it's boring, which I can sort of agree but there is some sort of a purpose for it.

Rockafella Skank

Don't get me wrong... I like the requirement and I'm a big fan of knowing your history. But it wouldn't make sense for Canada to learn US history.

IamAlejo

a requirement for graduation is also taking european or world history....so we learn about the rest of the world as im sure the other countries do.

and bush has condolezza rice in his cabinet, so he can be as dumb as he wants. She makes up for it.

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Shan

Out of those choices, I'd pick a monkey.

Edgil

like I said before... no one president can make EVERY single person happy so why is it worth fighting over something that will never end

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2tonelol

Because otherwise you have anarchy like you have in Iraq at the moment

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jibber

because the whole point of a democratic system is for the people of a nation to collectively decide who they want as a leader, with the majority winning. of course no one leader will make everyone happy, that's what democracy is for. otherwise we would have a communist system with a leader/leaders who decide amongst themselves what is good for everyone, without the consensus of the population, which could ultimately lead to a dictatorship, in the case of stalin. oh, and i saw a post earlier about how it was pointless to learn to history of another country. Personally, i can't think of anything learnt in high school thats more useful. major political events and revlutions aren't isolated to individual nations. by learning about the course of history in other nations (which effects the entire world) we understand why the world is the way it is, and how the political climate in the world today came into effect. I could go on and give a lot of examples, but i'm not in the mood at the moment.

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Not exactly Communism, it's more of an Monarchy...As there's tons of countries like that, ie England..But good point..

Shan

Because if you want to change something you have to make the effort, or you jsut end up sat on your arse all defeatist saying 'what's the point?'