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History is just terribly taught and practiced. At the core history is just telling stories which are always interesting when told well.

>>throwa+(OP)
History is terribly taught because it's often about the how and not the why.

>>Maken+Gm
Even worse is the overemphasis on when (in terms of exactness).

Knowing the rough order of events (as per the flow of a story) is important, as is the relative timespan, but a lot of history schooling puts too much emphasis on knowing the exact dates of certain events, which I think really subtracts the experience for many.