If my closest acquaintances could speak with you they would tell you one of my great interests is history. I very much enjoy reading and learning about those who came before us. Maybe it's why I became a high school history teacher. It gave me the opportunity to delve into the inside stories.
It's one thing to learn about the Declaration of Independence. It's quite another to find out the personal inside stories of those who were the signers.
I was teaching a class of high school kids in 1971 and a couple of the kids were telling me about how ridiculous was the studying of the subject; American History. Well, it would have been wrong for me to come out and tell a kid, "You're quite the dumbass so shut up and pay attention" so I asked this particular 16 year old if he had any hobbies; things he very much enjoyed. And his answer was, "I like to hunt." Viola! The door was opened and I took advantage.
I knew and still don't know much about guns. This kid knew it all. I got him to talking about different weapons and then we segued into wars and lo and behold I'd made a convert.
Folks, every day is a history lesson. All we have to do is come across an area of interest for you. Once in awhile I'll go to a site called Ranker and it's pretty much a listing of history subjects. Today's was a biographical expose' of the women behind some of the biggest thugs and mass murderers in world history. Fascinating, huh? I mean what kind of woman would snag onto Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler or even MJ Hawkeye? There has to be a reason and a story behind it. https://www.ranker.com/list/women-behind-historys-worst-men/christopher-shultz?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=weirdhistory&utm_campaign=wh_active&utm_content=%7Bdate%28%27yyyyMMdd%27%29%7D
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