How does this relate to the different approaches of telling/writing history as discussed by our text. Caution may contain adult language...
A Different Way to Tell History
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haha. I've actually seen this video before and it's pretty funny. I think, in a broad way, that it kind of reminds us that we need to think of history in terms of how people thought back in the days when it was happening. For instance, he drunkenly keeps referring to their use of 21st century technology when it obviously wasn't around. The key to understanding is to try and think and put yourself in their position and sometimes forget what we know now.
I thought this video was also pretty funny. It's interesting to hear about a story from back in the day from a man who's drunk and somewhat correct. It kept me interested in the story the whole time. I didn't know much about Alexander Hamilton or Aaron Burr, but after I looked it up on wikipedia, it was correct, besides it being against Hamilton's religion to fire. Apparently Hamilton did fire his gun, but missed? Seeing this video just makes me realize that there are many different ways to tell a story, but some ways more interesting and memorable, like this one.
I have never seen this video before, but I have to say it is quite interesting. I would never think of talking about history when you are drinking, just something that I don't think most people talk about at the bars. However this way of telling history was quite entertaining and yet very informational. I believe that this has to relate to our class because it shows that there are many ways people can talk about or teach history, drinking could be one of them. The drunk story just made the topic a bit more interesting because it was just funny to hear how he talked and described things. He was also quite accurate in all he said and seemed to know quite a bit about the subject. So I felt like I paid more attention to the subject matter in this way of telling it then I have in other classes. Just shows that there are many ways to teach things.
I just watched this video..and the entire series with my boyfriend the other weekend. It's quite hilarious and basically sums history up the way we perceive it. It's important to know things that have happened throughout History, but sometimes it is too much to remember and you only take away the main parts or something that was interesting to you.
This really hits "knowing your audience" right on the head. A story that most college students would find completely boring is entertaining because a drunk person is telling the story. It actually motivated me, and others as I can see to watch more and more of the clips, just because a really really drunk person was telling the story. The way he told the story is a lot like the way I think about stories in history. I try to put it in a way that makes sense to me. I obviously don't picture someone with those clothes on picking up a cell phone to call someone, but some of the things that I imagine the people doing are probably not completely accurate to the way they happened. They just took it to the extreme and it is really entertaining.
Every one learns differently. I actually know this story from learning it previously in a history class, but I found it amusing that this kid decided he wanted to talk about the third election of the United States as a drunken topic. I am not sure the purpose of this was to educate people, rather it was just a funny thing his friends decided to film, but even if teaching people wasn't the point, it worked very well. I believe that if this was the style of teaching college classes, for some reason we'd actually learn more? Just an opinion =]
This video caught my attention, as it would for many college students. For the most part it wasn't the history part that seemed exciting but when you combine drinking and talking about history it makes for a pretty interesting video. This goes to show that many things can catch your attention and actually teach you something in the process even if it isn't something you originally wanted to hear about. Also, relating something informative to something that normally catches your attention tends to stick in your memory longer. It kind of relates to how we do our blogs each week for class. We learn and remember things better if they are interesting to us. This video was interesting to me and therefore I will better understand this information.