H I S T O R Y

So here is my post about our history.
I had never thought about it until now.
And now that I think about it there is no doubt in my mind that history has been altered and fabricated.
It makes me kind of sad too.
Everything is kind of a lie. (Like not that dramatically but you know what I'm sayin')
Everybody views everything differently so of course things are going to be a little modified.

History

I know that this is a little late but oh well I wanted to put my two sense in about history. History is the combination of viewpoints that has been handed down through the years through mouth, paper, inscriptions and so forth. There is not a doubt in my mind that history has been altered through out time to suit the purpose of the victor or significant persons in charge. Never once do you hear about the common people who were the back bone of society. They are the figures and numbers in modern day text books. Today, our trust in the past relies solely on the trust we have of professors and scholars who compose the books we read. In some capacity we lose what really happened. By the way, what truly is history? What is the true version?

I want a Sloth for Christmas.

I have decided that no longer are Hedgehogs the cutest thing ever...it's the sloth.
This is the best thing ever...they are soo cute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JTAtsHh-yc

History?

So I forgot what we were supposed to write about the history and all that but I definitely believe that some of our history is fabricated. All history has been written by some bias person at some point. Whether it was the person first recording it or the translator or even the teacher, there is always some bias to it. Every story told is going to have different sides to it, just like how books and movies always do that "story from this other persons viewpoint" Like Beastly or how in Twilight Breaking Dawn, they switch between Bella and Jacob viewpoints and it's a different side of the story then. That's like history, the story will be different depending on who tells it. Thus, I feel like some of our history is fabricated. I really don't think any of that made sense...but oh well. Happy Christmas Break (:

controversial issue & senior portfolio & history

so emily is a brilliant student and volunteered us to go first. i mean, i'm okay with going first. just this break is gonna be super busy so idk how we're gonna find time to do it all and do it really good? oh well? and for the senior portfolio i really wanna do something cool. like not a powerpoint. but i havent been feeling very creative lately. so who knows.

and i'm not sure what we are supposed to write about history or whatever. but i really think everyone has said everything their needs to be said. i do think its kinda scary though..that we believe whatever is in the books or whatever teachers or whoever tell us. its pretty crazy how much we believe everything we hear....

Behind the scenes of history

As you all know historic events tend to have a solid storyline we all know and dread or love. Well to these stores many key things are left out. One of witch great old Mr Heiney seemed to talk about every time George Washington was brought up. While in a battle during the french and Indian war George Washington had two horses shot out from under him and his coat was filled with bullet holes. Why this is left out I don't know but this chaos doesn't end there. I could go on and on. I am doing a little research while I am writing this I am finding that a lot of our presidents were free Masons and that this country that we thought was based on god really isn't, just look at the dollar bill witch contains seals that some of our very first presidents designed. It contains symbols of other religions. If you take time to research you can easily get confused but the main point is that even in the beginning of our nation secrets and hidden messages are weaved into just about everything. Our government can hide things from us if they feel it is for the good of the people.....well who decides what is for the good of the people.....surely not the people but the government. Anything they wish can be hidden...or at least released to the public at a later date. I am positive that history is corrupt because it is a story told behind one persons or nations perspective. If we were to go to a different country say Brittan and learn about the American revolution we would find their description little different then ours. We learn that we were fighting for our freedom, but there we were rebels against the king. This shows that stores in history have more then one side and that what is shown to the public is often one sided. My conclusion is the history we learn is propaganda in itself and that all tho history is important we shouldn't take what we hear in without checking it out from all perspectives and keeping open minded.

Twisting my Brain

Well I'm definitely in the group of people that are slightly puzzled over the history situation. I'm beginning to see what Matt said about someone along the line being objective on some subjects. It's like when we looked at America's coverage of the Wikileaks scandal and then the foreign new broadcast. It all depends on the source... so shouldn't some things be more accurate than others? The scary thing is that it is always the issues that involve us that we are misguided on.