Living with Myths IX: Cultural Medallions, poverty, histories

[underMIND]

The 9th review in a year long of seminars.

This time, it's about the social welfare system, histories, and culture.

Isn't it sometimes peculiar how our history education in schools back then were slowly shaped? Should we engage in our own historical approach in that sense to get a better picture? Take a read to find out!

http://akikonomu.blogspot.sg/2015/07/living-with-myths-ix-cultural.html#more

 

[underMIND]

For your reading pleasure (and convenience)

 

[JiuHuKia]

This one anything to do with GE?

 

[laksaboy]

This one anything to do with GE?

The myth that a singular historical narrative moulds good citizens

A govt which dishes out propaganda on its citizens, especially the impressionable young kids in school.

Vote wisely.

 

[underMIND]

A govt which dishes out propaganda on its citizens, especially the impressionable young kids in school.

Vote wisely.

What happened in the past we cannot change. But what happens now is still in our hands. And we can create new histories that mould better futures.

 

[KanTouKi]

What happened in the past we cannot change. But what happens now is still in our hands. And we can create new histories that mould better futures.

How to change when I cannot even understand what was written after I had read it for 3 times.