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Originally Posted by Paslode
I can thank the scary Mr. Dawson, History teacher, hardcore communist hater and extremely knowledgeable about nuclear devices and there effects. The only book we read in class was On the Beach by Nevil Shute. The standard curriculum book he briefly opened, then he literally cast it to the side and he explained that they were watered down version of the facts. From that point everything he did was off the cuff so to speak.
So we pretty much sit in class and listened to him speak, read from other references and look at charts and info be brought back from the Titain II project. Test were about Communism and nuclear war.
Today he would probably be considered a fear mongering, right wing propagandist.
There was also the sometimes tearful Frau Franke, a tiny Jewish lady who taught more than the standard German Language class.
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You were lucky. Even in 80s Wyoming we were going down the Propaganda path. Not once did I get a history teacher who was either enthusiastic, or willing to dispense with said propaganda. I made my kids watch it, and while they were unwilling at first, they came around, even asking questions.