{"id":11725,"date":"2008-02-15T22:30:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T05:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/02\/15\/dont-know-much-about-history-4.html"},"modified":"2008-02-15T22:30:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-16T05:30:42","slug":"dont_know_much_about_hist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/15\/dont_know_much_about_hist.html","title":{"rendered":"“Don’t know much about history …”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Margie knows someone at work whose spouse is involved in the history department at Rangeview High<\/a> … and so (her having mentioned my academic background in history), I found myself this afternon as a judge at the Rangeview History Day<\/a>, evaluating (in my case) individually-crafted 10-minute history documentaries on various subjects with the theme “conflict and compromise.”<\/p>\n

It was a fun afternoon. Got to watch (and follow up with questions) presentations on John Denver, the Japanese Internment, Korean-American Generational Conflicts, Women Spies in History, and the Negro Leagues. Some good stuff (and some not quite as good), but it was a pleasure to be able to help (constructively) critique and encourage various honors students in a field of study I particularly care for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Margie knows someone at work whose spouse is involved in the history department at Rangeview High … and so (her having mentioned my academic background in history), I found…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-daze"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128485,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/wherein-dave-and-margie-indulge-in-steampunkish-revelry.html","url_meta":{"origin":11725,"position":0},"title":"Wherein Dave and Margie indulge in steampunkish revelry","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 2-Nov-15 11:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Our friends Mark and Don got married at the Houdini Mansion in the Hollywood Hills on Halloween, so, of course, they made it a costume and\/or masquerade affair, and much fun was had by all.After a few false starts, we ended up (at the recommendations of Stan and Mary) at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_-6k51zd.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":160627,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2024\/12\/31\/2024-in-review.html","url_meta":{"origin":11725,"position":1},"title":"2024 in Review","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 31-Dec-24 2:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Where I would say to my 2023 self, \"I got some good news, and some bad news.\"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-recap-1-224x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11726,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/14\/do_something_different_wi.html","url_meta":{"origin":11725,"position":2},"title":"Do something different with your Valentine lovey","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Feb-08 9:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Various studies indicate that while it's a good thing to have \"date nights\" with your spouse, it's an even better thing to have \"date nights\" doing something new. 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