Is It Really Our HIStory? By definition, history is an account of what has happened, especially in the life of a people, country, etc., or all recorded past events. Using this definition, the American school system should recognize and teach all historical events that pertain to all ethnic groups in our country or at least those events that relate to those students in the school systems, but they do not. The American school system has …showed first 75 words of 530 total…

…showed last 75 words of 530 total…students for far too long. The curriculum is set up to fail non-European students, and although there are gradual changes being made, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. With the growing number of minority students in our school systems, it is up to educators to teach them about themselves and their history, because can not know where you are going if you do not know where you came from.