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actually, on a serious note. I have two step daughters and one is just out of what Americans would call high school. These kids in this survey are between 10 and 14 but in the years after that almost ALL they learn in history class at the moment is WW2 stuff. Which is understandable as it is a major part of British history and is still reflected in the country today in many ways. So, WW2 history is not their downfall. What I did find frustrating with my step daughter (who is now a history major btw) was the lack of teaching of anything OTHER than WW2. I suppose a lot of that is due to the exam structure which is forcing massivly focused study of certain subject matter.
I mean, one of my partners can still qoute nearly everything about Hamlet because he spent nearly a year studying it for an exam and he is 32.
The history side, atleast represented in my step daughter's schooling is the same in that she can tell you just about anything about ww2 but don't ask her about the English civil war.
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