Lies Your Other American History Teachers Told You, Friday

[imafuturist]

There was just the one teacher at the head of the class, but he was looking chipper. It might have been the coffee.

It was probably the coffee.

"Welcome to class," he said, smiling at them. "My name is Tony Stark. Captain Rogers isn't able to be here today, but you will meet him next week."

For HYDRA related reasons.

"This is Lies Your Other American History Teachers Told You, so we will be looking at the more neglected parts of US history and the widely accepted misconceptions about historical events in this country." Which probably meant less political rants? Maybe? "But, it's Friday and you've spent all week doing introductions, so let's make this easy. I have a list of fun history facts, not just about the US, so pick one that appeals to you and tell us your name, okay?"

Right to the point, this one.

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Re: Introduce Yourself

[imafuturist]

People sort of were the worst. But it was always important to know these things.

"Norman, good to meet you. That's a good one to pick. Did you also see the one where the army left with 80 and returned with 81 because they made a friend?"

Re: Introduce Yourself

[always_someone]

"The random Italian friend, right?" Norman smiled a little at that. "I liked that one, too. The silly ones, where nobody really gets hurt."

He'd seen the wrong end of what happened when things went terrible. He'd seen it a lot. Silly happy endings were kind of his jam. Well. Those and horror movies, but that was different.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[imafuturist]

"We will keep that in mind with the lesson plans." But American history was awful, so...

Re: Introduce Yourself

[always_someone]

Norman gave his head a little shake.

"I liked the silly ones, but I'm here for the honest ones," he replied. "Even if honest is ugly. I want to know how things really happened. I've seen serious history trivialized to the point of being novelty before."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[imafuturist]

"Even better. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it an all," he said with a knowing sort of smile.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[always_someone]

"And nothing can get better if you never stop to acknowledge what went wrong in the first place," Norman agreed. "So... it's important. Even when it isn't necessarily fun."