Nghia Le Post #9
The only history class I’ve taken prior to this class was AP U.S. History in high school. My teacher covered just about everything but even towards the time of the AP exam, I still didn’t feel like I knew this country’s history at all. All I knew was several very specific answers that could be given for only several specific questions, and a few facts here and there. The professor taught in way that I was used to seeing in all history professors. He just crammed facts day after day. It wasn’t until I took this class, a class that isn’t centered on a big test, that I could actually care enough to see history as a big interesting story instead of facts I definitely want to and will throw out after every exam. Now as the class reaches an end I can say I actually know what has happened to and with this country from the beginning – from at least a semi-broad sense.
If given the chance to explore one topic in American history in greater depth, I would choose to learn about the Cold War. Not just the U.S. involvement in it, but the entire war in general. When it comes to history, I’m really only interested in war and conflict. Having learned so much about WWI and WWII already, I’d like to learn about a more recent one and to be even more specific: the Vietnam War and the U.S. involvement in it. The reason why is because I’m Vietnamese and I feel like I have a slight obligation to know about probably the only war that involves Vietnam. My grandfather fought in Vietnam War but he doesn’t like to talk about it at all. The fact that he won’t tell me about it makes it seem interesting.
