Let’s start out with the elephant in the room. The way history is usually taught in school is responsible for most of us hating history. We were forced to memorize dates, names, places and events. What we should have been taught is history as stories involving people. When you learn about people, when they lived, what incredible events they participated in, that sticks with you. In fact, it becomes both fun and interesting. I was lucky. My senior year in high school, i took an elective course called Russian History. It was taught by Mr. Perretta, and we learned about the […]