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Ms. Toad

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10. It wasn't taught in my history classes -

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:24 PM

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And The Holocaust, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki were taught mostly as footnotes.

Not saying that is good - just that if those subjects are being taught in any v substantive manner currently, it is a relatively recent thing.

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