my hyperfocus (i'm not adhd, i just love my adhd peeps) did because i paid too much attention and pointed out the gaps to my favorite history teacher in high school (after class, i'm not an asshole. well, not an asshole all the time). first month he gave me the book "lies my teacher told me" with the note "Good! Keep thinking critically about what you are learning! This book too!" or something like that, it's in a box somewhere (i don't have room to unpack my entire library here, i've got 2 bookshelves of books waiting to be unpacked).

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I was fortunate my social studies teachers weren't propagandizing, they straight up said the government lied to pursue some wars such as the one in Vietnam

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

it was the textbook we were required to use and the difference between that and what we were learning in class. I was noticing the gap.