FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for September 10, 2013

In the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I wasn’t born yet for the of allowing Church members of Black African descent into the priesthood in 1978 nor de the dedication of the Seattle Washington Temple (my little picture) in 1980, but my parents and a majority of older cousins were. As of 2010, I was around for the announcement of a temple to be constructed in Rome, Italy as well as for the lowering of the missionary age from 19 to to 18 for males and 21 to 19 for females in 2012. Both events weren’t in my grandparents’ nor mother’s lifetimes for they passed away before then. That’s just a similarity for me to be in Peter’s perspective.

In other words, from Peter’s perspective if it didn’t happen in his own lifetime, it didn’t happen at all. Small wonder that most young people sniff at history (as opposed to those of us who love the stuff because we’re old enough to have developed a sense and appreciation of it (this year’s Sunday School course — Doctrine & Covenants and Church History — is my favorite for a reason!).

Something I read once for perspective…todays’ high school graduates think of Operation Desert Shield/Storm like they think of the World Wars…I served during ODS but did not deploy, and I remember Vietnam as a child.

Kids today think of the Apollo moon landings as ancient history.

The original date is printed vertically between the 3rd and 4th panel.

And tomorrow we remember 9/11 what the country went through that horrible day turned everyone’s lives bad.

Did we have a 10th year celebration of Pearl Harbor?(wasn’t around in ’51)

Peter has a lot to learn about history, then.

History is a bunch of things that happened to dead people. It’s when you come to the realization that the same things can happen to you that the subject becomes interesting.

I’m so old, I don’t have to study history. I can remember it. But if it weren’t for the stain on my tie, I coudn’t remember what I had for lunch.

Lexington and Concord, Fort Sumter, Pearl Harbor, and 9/ 11 changed everything.

I’ve always contended that the proper way to teach history is from the present backward. Then, when reading about/discussing an event, the students’ interest is piqued about the source, and then more ancient history must be studied. Plus, this method teaches research and correlation skills.

Is this from 2002? O_O

As the Wizard says in “Wicked”: Where I come from, people believe all kinds of things that aren’t true. We call it History.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

No one should ever forget what happen that day, and I will NEVER forget.

To think, those born in or after 2001, that is history.

Poorly phrased by Peter. He means “recent stuff” not “real stuff.” If it happened to generations long dead, it doesn’t seem real to him.

When I was in 8th grade in 1964, History stopped at the end of the 2nd World War. Our History textbooks were copyrighted about 1950, and the editors considered anything after 1945 to be current events that kids would already know and not need to learn, not History that had to be memorized. Since our school didn’t have newer textbooks, that’s how we were taught.