Within the Walls of History: Arbeit Macht Frei

  I was never a big fan of history in school.. even though I had to take several AP and Higher Level exams throughout my schooling on it… I dreaded every single one of those classes. Not because I thought history was pointless or unimportant. But because I read over and over in a book of all these events that truthfully I could not picture or grasp. While I love traveling because I enjoy seeing amazing places, meeting great people, eating tons of food that I would never otherwise try… I have fallen in love with bringing history alive. Sometimes it is beautiful and spring forth life into me. Other times, it brings me to tears and disbelief that anyone could have endured events and circumstances I have simply read about it books. One of these events is by no means alien to anyone that has gone through the educational system …

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