The horrors of this invasion should be taught in school history. There's a danger that we look at the horrors of the past, which are also taught in our history, and think "well, I don't think this would happen in this day and age". We can't afford to stay complacent.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2024
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How would adding this one to the list be different?
So better not to add it all??
The problem is what and how history is taught and whitewashed and propagandized. Like teaching school children the upside of slavery.
Are you suggesting that this war should be taught in schools as it is happening?
There's absolutely no responsible way to do that. The fog of war keeps us from being able to report on this from a historical perspective because there's little to no way to verify anything as fact.
Encouraging kids to pay attention to current events, and teaching them relevant lessons from the past is important, but we can't risk misinforming a whole generation because we couldn't wait for the smoke to clear before we started committing what we think we know to the history books.
As for teaching about this conflict in the future, you're never going to escape the reality that people will feel disconnected the further away they are from the actual event they are learning about.
You're either too early to teach verifiable truths, or you're too late for the truth to feel real.
We certainly shouldn’t wait for several decades, which is when a lot of the examples we teach currently happened.
Also while we should obviously be responsible, it’s disingenuous to imply that there are not plenty of verified war crimes already. There is no further context needed to show how depraved we as humans can get if we don’t keep our politicians, education and media in check.