DC history graduation requirement
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Anonymous
| I think it is ridiculous to require a whole course in DC history at the expense of AP courses and what not. DC history could easily be covered in a short amount of time in a US History and US government course. |
Anonymous
I know a few Wilson kids with 11 or 12 APS in spite of the DC history half credit |
Anonymous
Oh please. 
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Anonymous
it's DC history AND government so kids can understand why the rest of the USA has representatives in Congress and the Senate and why they are disenfranchised Very important information imo |
Anonymous
I agree students should know why they are disenfranchised and I am the pp who said it is a ridiculous requirement. I am not opposed to it being part of a US History and US government course though. I just think it is a waste to spend a whole course on it. Other states like the one we came from do not require a separate course on their state history but they do require state history as a part of their history instruction which can take part in a US history course. |
Anonymous
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I grew up in Maryland and had to take a course in MD history which included a few weeks on Bay. I kick ass at MD trivia.
Otherwise, it was a waste. Not sure if they still do that? |
Anonymous
| I loved studying Long Island history in school--my well-regarded HS offered LI ecology too and that was also neat. |
Anonymous
| Op here. Sounds like no suggestions to get out of it. I realize it is .5 credit but jeez, it is still 4.5 months of DC's time where boredom and some ridiculous group project will be a stressor. It is a check the box exercise. who cares if she knows DC history trivia?! I doubt the content is interesting. For posters who claim that DC will learn abt Congress, that is covered elsewhere. I will fight it on my own I guess. |
Anonymous
| I actually learned a lot taking DC history at Wilson. It's a pretty cool class. |
Anonymous
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I once gave a friendly lecture on DC history to a saleswoman over the phone taking my order. She asked for my address: first my city ... and then my state. Can you guess how the conversation went?
City? Washington. No, what city do you live in? Washington, DC. The city is Washington. Oh, OK. State? Um, DC. You put DC in the state part of the address. Really? I didn't know DC was a state. Gaaaaaaah!!!!!! Another time, I overheard a family arguing in a rest stop parking lot about which state license plate people who live in Washington, DC would have (this after one kid asked if anybody lived in Washington DC). I walked them over to my car and gave another friendly lesson, taking care to point out the "Taxation without Representation" part. It's bad enough that most of the country doesn't know DC history. It would be ridiculous if kids graduating for DC high schools didn't know it. |
Anonymous
Or th TSA agent who wouldn't let a passenger through security with a DC license because the person didn't have 'state-issued ID'... |
Anonymous
Why do you assume that this particular class will be boring, relative to others? |
Anonymous
Sounds like you need to take a course in DC history. There is more to know about DC than government. |
Anonymous
| I moved a lot as a kid and went to schools in six states. Every single one had a requirement that we take a course in the history of the state. |
Anonymous
| op isn't from here and so doesn't consider it a home worth knowing about. It's the result of dc transient population. State history is really fascinating - you get to see larger national history playing out in a microcosmic, and you get a deeper understanding to the the spaces you move through that you've never thought about. Dc is no different in this regard than any other state. It's small, but so is rhode island and they have a state history requirement |