On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:06:26 +0300 Dmitry Protasoff writes:
WD>> We knew the first world war ended June 26 1919 with the Treaty of WD>> Versailles, not Nov.11th. My kids were convinced nov.11th was the end WD>> of WW1 ... and now it is "What's a world war?"
DP> Who cares?! DP> Why do you think they need to know anything WW1 in details? DP> In soviet schools we were never taught when exactly WW1 ended DP> (although we've lost ~1,3m people in it) but we've managed to send 1st DP> man into space without that knowledge ;)
There is definitely something to be proud about soviet education, but you should not miss the point, that its goal was to produce engineers making nuclear bombs, not people to live in the society. Sakharov's tragedy demonstrates perfectly how it lacked humanitarian sciences.
But Ward could take math as an example ;) I really laughed when looked into my daughter's books
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