![]() ![]() More often than not, the narrators of this version of history were my parents, aunts, uncles, my friend’s parents, my other friend’s parents, and even neighbors. ![]() History textbooks were the most interesting and fun to read: they were like the Harry Potter of my childhood, in which historical facts are packed in neat little narratives there are good guys and bad guys and the good always win.įast forward to my secondary and high school years, and I’ve grown out of these stories and the school of thought that history has a black-and-white distinction between good guys and bad guys that historical events have a chain of three-act stories stringed together. One of my favorite pastimes during summer holidays was reading through the textbooks for my next school year. ![]()
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