Does anybody that is not a practicing Wicken even know what Beltane is? Does anyone understand the origin of the May Day celebration?<\/p>\n
I don’t recall learning any of this in school. You would think that with all those years sitting in a classroom with all those different teachers and all those different subjects, that someone would have introduced a mention of the ancient days in England and the surrounding countries.<\/p>\n
World History is a lot more than just World War I and World War II. I honestly don’t remember anything else from school about world history. Everything that I’ve learned about the world has been from documentaries on TV, books from the library and bookstore and the internet. There is a lot to learn about other places and other people’s cultures.<\/p>\n
Americans are being shortchanged not learning these things – or at least being introduced to some of the topics for further independent research – in the public schools and colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Does anybody that is not a practicing Wicken even know what Beltane is? Does anyone understand the origin of the May Day celebration? I don’t recall learning any of this in school. You would think that with all those years sitting in a classroom with all those different teachers and all those different subjects, that … <\/p>\n