Honestly, I don't talk politics much at all outside of a tiny handful of online communities and maybe three or four RL friends. I kinda hate the subject (not news to anyone who's been around these forums a while, I suppose). Talking politics with someone who's not family or a genuinely close friend in Japan is a pretty big social faux pas.

I love that idea of reverse chronology curricula in teaching History. Perhaps not as the only mode, but absolutely as a tool to teach the true value of studying the subject...the "how the hell did this happen?" part... I actually minored in History as an undergrad. I've a particular interest in the Seventeenth Century, in part (but by no means exclusively) because it was a very important century in the history of philosophy.

Best,
- Sara