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Originally Posted by hypered1

European schools teach it as part of history and geography classes between ages 7 and 12 as par for the course, so if anything it's more the pity that the US educational system is so poor when comes to learning about anything beyond your borders, particularly when you consider just how much influence the rest of the world has actually had when it comes to what is considered 'modern America'.

Enough to know the world doesn’t revolve around America or Christianity, and in fact there are a great many things, like Greek Gods, way older… but surely you know that from Hollywood movies?! And weirdly enough, this sort of thing is taught in schools in Europe, unlike evolution in the American South…

Yes, Americans have general history most of their 'careers' in school. We see it constantly on our streets, in our neighbors and media. You are asking America to teach its kids the history of the world is such detail that we recognize every single cultural reference that might come up...including a hyper-specific orgy festival dedicated to a 3rd string god from a long dead religion (who has had screen time in prominent movies). That is a bit much.

I am sure that schools in Europe don't expect you to memorize Ochpaniztli for instance, or the stories of Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. If they do your kids have much better things to be learning. If they want to look on their own time, or in a specialized college thats on them.