Saturday, October 15, 2011

Napoleon, Prussia & the U.S. Education System | Lefty Parent

Napoleon, Prussia & the U.S. Education System | Lefty Parent:

Napoleon, Prussia & the U.S. Education System

I love the narratives of human history, especially when compelling threads can be drawn out (hopefully real and not just imagined) connecting events, choices and consequences over the scope of centuries. I am particularly drawn to contemplating how a particular event, and how people chose to react to that event, can impact events centuries later. For example, the cynical machismo of Western leaders (along with their countries’ intellectuals and artists) driving choices that lead to World War I. One