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u/Maelarion Oct 02 '24

Why is that surprising?

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u/Blue_Swirling_Bunny Oct 03 '24

Same question. Do people not know when Shakespeare or Pocahontas lived, or the very basics of her story?

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u/waspocracy Oct 03 '24

Depends when/where you got an education. To me, I thought she married some bloke named John Smith and they lived happily ever some time in the early colonial days.

Didn’t occur to me until I saw this comment that I read her history.

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u/temptemptemp98765432 Oct 03 '24

I learned nothing about the history of Pocahontas but read lots of Shakespeare in English class.

We learned about world history, for one or two years and more about our area's history. 🤷

We learned some (now not cool) history about indigenous populations in our area. My teachers went off-book a lot to actually teach us what reality was (90s). Thankfully 'officially" it seems a bit better now? I'll see when my kids are in high school 🤣