• @juliebean@lemmy.zip
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    013 days ago

    i’m 35, took AP us history in high school in california, and i’m pretty sure i’d never heard of the scopes trial before just now. It seems like a somewhat esoteric thing to teach about to me? idk why he would be expected to know about it.

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      -113 days ago

      It was a major event that had a lasting impact for the rest of the century

      Inherit the Wind at least was on AP lit course lists, im a few years older than you and took most of those classes in Florida

      It involved Clarence Darrow, one of the most noteworthy attorneys of the century

      sigh this fuckin system…