I didn't much like history in high school
traveling very much changed my perspective ...from one of hating it ...because memorizing dates of battles and knowing it wasn't all true...to fascination, once i began driving to these places and imagining life at the time.. can't say enough about the importance of field trips.. history comes to life..
@Museek Meaningless battles and dates did nothing for me in school, and zipped out of my brain faster than they went in. I learned as I got older that when something is meaningful, we remember it. For instance, Oct 21 1966, the Aberfan disaster. I was 7 yrs old. I was there. The date is etched in my memory forever. Nowadays, when I am trying to "memorise" something, I try to make mental images to go along with the event. That helps a lot! With languages too! So happy to read your research! 💙
@Museek Aberfan. When the coal tip slid onto a Primary school and killed 116 children, most my age at the time. I still remember vividly my father grabbing his "donkey jacket" and pick, and heading off to help try to recover the children. He never recovered from what he saw there. He couldn't actually speak for 2 weeks, and went grey overnight. No joke. He was never the same after that. Yes, when you have an image in your head, you remember! Field trips are an awesome way of learning!
@homebird oh wow… that’s awful.. sorry to hear of yours and his experience…
@Museek yeah it was rough. One of the worst Welsh disasters in history. Like that policewoman my father suffered PTSD and bouts of awful depression for years, finally taking his own life later. As with your research, when it hits home that much, you can never forget, can you?
@homebird I'm so sorry... that's terrible. :-(((
You're absolutely right.. you can't forget it..
its so surprising to me that people who live here don't know much about it, either. i aim to shed a light on some of it, anyway.
@homebird road trips are the best. I took my kids across the country, stopping at all sorts of places along the way. They remember the places and tell me the same thing.. that things they read about now make more sense. And now, seeing wars, it really makes me think about all of those battles that I had to learn about.
@homebird what was the aberrant disaster? I’ll have to look it up.
Oh yes.. that’s a great way to recall things.
I have a great long term memory and a lousy short term one. 😂
When I studied geology, I’d just visualize it.. so much easier when you do a mental walk through! I still remember the geological eras and periods because of this😃