School made it feel like an endless parade of dates, treaties, and dead people I was expected to memorize for a test on Friday and forget by Monday.
As an adult, I realized history is basically the world's longest-running reality show. It's full of ego, ambition, greed, innovation, luck, terrible decisions, and unintended consequences. Once I stopped memorizing dates and started asking why things happened, it became fascinating.
I used to think, "Why do I need to know about the Roman Empire?"
Now I catch myself reading about how Roman concrete worked at 11 PM for absolutely no practical reason.
The Subject You Hated in School But Love as an Adult
What changed? Better teacher? Better resources? Different life context?
History.
School made it feel like an endless parade of dates, treaties, and dead people I was expected to memorize for a test on Friday and forget by Monday.
As an adult, I realized history is basically the world's longest-running reality show. It's full of ego, ambition, greed, innovation, luck, terrible decisions, and unintended consequences. Once I stopped memorizing dates and started asking why things happened, it became fascinating.
I used to think, "Why do I need to know about the Roman Empire?"
Now I catch myself reading about how Roman concrete worked at 11 PM for absolutely no practical reason.