Off Topic: If WWII was an RTS... - Page 3

LA_Dodger · 08-08-05, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by clive bradbury

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Originally Posted by LA_Dodger

Whats wrong with watching U-571 in a history class? If the class was studying the battle of the Atlantic, then its relevent, even if its not accurate. They probably werent using it as a lesson, just taking a break to watch a movie.

Because:

(1) It is a cheap, shallow cop-out. How about teaching history properly. A tutor who does their job right can get the relevant points over in an interesting way without recourse to trite Hollywood drivel.

(2) Kids today already seem to 'learn' their history (and almost everything else, for that matter) from Hollywood. Any teacher worth their salt should be fighting this trend to their dying breath.

Was the whole "not using it as a lesson" not clear? I wasn't saying that it's ok to use U-571 to teach, I was saying that just because someone heard that some kids "watched U-571 in a history class" doesnt mean that teachers are using it to instruct their students.

clive bradbury · 08-09-05, 06:19 AM

It is the word 'probably' that is important. You made one assumption, I chose to make another. Maybe as a university history lecturer I am a little more cynical about modern teaching methods in school (I judge it from the standard of students I receive from that system...).

08-09-05, 06:19 AM	#32
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	It is the word 'probably' that is important. You made one assumption, I chose to make another. Maybe as a university history lecturer I am a little more cynical about modern teaching methods in school (I judge it from the standard of students I receive from that system...).