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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
It is widely taught and included in most high school curricula around the world, but alas, the curricula is getting so expansive that peoples' natural inclination is to ignore huge chunks and segments of history, because it is too hard for non-historian types to keep that must history coherently in their minds.. People have to skim by default, and a lot of significant details tend to get lost in the process. I think the average American adult/parent would be overwhelmed if they actually had to retake American high school, even in the "worse" schools, where the curriculum is more expansive then it might seem from the outside..
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Firstly where would Mao's reign and more specifically his Great Leap Forward be on a curriculum around the world? America doesn't seem to, the UK doesn't. In fact I suspect most of Europe wouldn't. Asia may do but that's it.
Secondly, history is pretty long so it's not a bad thing to focus on a few key events. Especially events relating to your own country, by that I mean within schools teaching.