Keith,

And my apologies also, because the original intent of my post was not to accuse you of being sexist, but merely to show the importance of social history. While some elements of feminism have a propensity to take political correctness too far, the use of "mankind" in lieu of "humankind" is one word in particular that I do believe propagates sexist connotations and needs to be changed as common practice.

There may be some argument for a portion of the History curriculum to be dedicated to the impact of technology, I don't deny that.

There were 240,000 participants in the battle of Waterloo, every one of them fought their own little Waterloo, all of them different battles.
When the official histories were written the historians went and interviewed as many survivors as they could find, the research took many years.
Lets' get people talking about the Lebanese history in Australia, the Polynesian, Chinese, German histories and so on as distinct and separate experiences.
There is no Australian History after 1788 because theres no such thing as an Australian after 1788.
There is no History of "Humankind" because there's no such thing as humankind after the primordial Humanoids left Africa, dispersed across the globe to become races, tribes and nations.
The trouble with the Priests of Political Correctness is that they want to create the History and write the History Tomes as well as teach it, make a buck off both ends and the middle.

C J Morgan,
I’m surprised that you didn’t like the US history websites I so kindly provided for you.

Many textbooks, and almost every piece of software being used in the schools and universities in Australia is now being imported from the US, so why not import their history as well.

I don’t hate anyone, but I can understand why you abuse so many other posters, and why you like feminists and teachers so much.

To a feminist, a male is someone to be used for money, but to be ignored , denigrated or used as a scapegoat at other times.

To a teacher, the public is to be used for money, but to be ignored, denigrated or used as a scapegoat at other times.

Same thing, with some slight differences.

vanna/HRS/Timkins et al: << To a feminist, a male is someone to be used for money, but to be ignored , denigrated or used as a scapegoat at other times.

To a teacher, the public is to be used for money, but to be ignored, denigrated or used as a scapegoat at other times. >>

I knew that with a bit of encouragement you'd revert to form. That bit of drivel is classic Timkins.

Thanks for that. As ever, you have nothing relevant or useful to contribute to discussions about education. But please don't let that stop you bleating on endlessly about those dreadful teachers and feminists. It's always entertaing, in a Schadenfreude kind of way.

C J Morgan

I don't think you have ever made a single post to any forum without abusing some other poster. No wonder you like teachers and feminists so much.

vanna

that is the history of cj morgan in a nutshell.