What will children in history class 10 to 20 years from now read about from the year 2009?
What events, developments, or discoveries around the world will best be remembered in history. Do you think anything from today to December 31st will have to be included? Was this mostly a good year or mostly a bad year for our world?
Bonus: What is an event from your personal life that you will remember 10 to 20 years from now?
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Two words – “Barack Obama”
First black president, huge economic crises, bailouts.
Depending on how things go, potentially some of the pro-gay marriage legislation that was passed this year. Iowa, really?
Fort Hood isn’t going to be more than a footnote, unfortunately.
It’s a small scale tragedy. Those normally don’t make it into the books.
Columbine and the VT shootings are both in updated textbooks.
Obama’s announcement on Afghanistan will definitely be taught in history classes.
The fall of the American empire…
Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMAs.
@Laina I’d pull my kids out of school if that was in a textbook.
@rangerr Kidding, kidding. It’s just that there was so much media hype around this event that I’m sure it will be remembered for a looong time…
Finding water on the moon.
About Fluther.com ! And Google’s dismissal from China. And probably about how Copenhagen failed.
@Laina I too would rather home-school my kids if that happened
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