Misheard Whisper

You didn't even learn about the atrocities on Kristallnacht?

We watched a few movies and documentaries about and set in the Holocast era, as well as seeing plenty of the grotesque pictures taken during and after the war.

Origins and aftermath are pretty alright, but the battles are where all the action is at! That said, I do like quite a bit of political intrigue and the circumstances leading up to the wars, as many people seem to not be well versed in the reasons wars happened or what happened in them because they don't pay attention as teenagers while in school.

I find the '50s and '60s very interesting in both the 19th and 20th centuries. Mexican-American War also includes the 10 years before it where Texas was a republic independent of Mexico and was fighting for its independence from Mexico. Its how we got California and Arizona, among others. Oh, and my courses also briefly touched on the Spanish-American War in 1898, which is how we got several island territories.

What did you find particularly interesting in that list?

We also touch quite a bit on historical figures of America.

Basically, between 11 and 13 we learn about everything major up to World War I. At 16 we learn some about the stuff between WWI and WWII, but mostly everything from WWII to the 1970s. Even cultural things about those eras.

It goes (and I'm leaving out some details):

Native Peoples in each region of the US and how they lived (there are a freaking lot of them, but there's a focus on the major ones such as the Iroquois).
The colonial era from Columbus on to the American Revolution in the late 18th century. Of particular note was the colonial sides of the Seven Year War in the 1750s and 1760s and the events that led to the American revolution.
The American Revolution.
The formation of the nation and its early governing documents.
A bit about Europe such as the French Revolution.
Napoleon selling us a huge chunk of New France.
The War of 1812 against Britain.
The Mexican-American War.
The climate leading up to the American Civil War.
The Confederate States of America.
The American Civil War.
President Lincoln's Assassination.
The "golden age" of American expansion and immigration, where the "Wild West" was settled and hundreds of millions of immigrants really started coming in droves because rumors spread that our streets were paved with gold because there was so much opportunity and wealth.
The Titanic.
World War I and the influenza epidemic.
The Roarin' 1920s.
The Great Depression/Dust Bowl years.
World War II on the British/American fronts.
The 1950s and the Red Scare.
The 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement.
The 1950s/1960s and counterculture.
The Vietnam War.
The Watergate scandal.

My history curriculum was very America-centric, but didn't really touch on anything after the 1970s. Over the years, this includes America pre-Columbus and extends all the way until the 1970s.

What kinds of history have you been learning?

Well then you sound well-rounded knowledge wise. Good with history at all?

What about processing raw data?

What about statistical math in non-visual form?

Massive writer's block was annoying and I have other distractions like video games.

Simple math is easy peasy and I usually can do my own statistical calculations without a taking a college level math course on them.

I enjoy reading, but as a partial perfectionist writing is challenging because my subconscious rejects ideas before they reach my conscious mind and my conscious mind also rejects ideas.

I like the social sciences, sciences, and mathematics the most. Writing takes effort.

Unless you're going into Engineering or some other sciencey degree, then probably not.

It'll probably require some of the older Baby Boomers to die off, first.

Well, in the US, some subjects not related to your degree are compulsory, but they usually offer easy versions for most subjects if they're not vital to your degree/major.

Considering we've moved past things like apartheid in South Africa and Jim Crow in America in the last century, it'll eventually happen.

Where things will get even busier.

A big reason why, yes. Our generation is pretty open-minded socially, though, so it may change despite what the older generation thinks.

All that free time will fade away soon.

There are plenty of people who think that.

You must be bored pretty often then. :P

Oh, and then there's the monster known as public outrage by a vocal minority.