Focus: Chapter 6

When I saw the title to this chapter, I honestly became a little anxious because social studies was never a subject that I enjoyed in school.  For some reason, I had a very hard time connecting with the content.  When I think about my own experiences, I feel that this may have been because some of the teachers I had were more focused on learning/memorizing all of the facts instead of engaging with and discussing the curriculum.  I have always been somewhat of a perfectionist, so instead of enjoying what we were learning in social studies, I spent most of my time trying to memorize to do well on a test.  This in the end has impacted my retention of social studies content, since I often cannot remember learning about many of the topics covered in my classes.  I would have loved more opportunities to learn about current events and how those compared to what has happened in our history.