Lies My Teacher Told Me

Definitely a very interesting listen. There were things from history I knew already and some I learned, but I was definitely a bit surprised to know how awful and wrong the school history textbooks can be. I mean I've known this to happen in my Indian textbooks too but I think my childhood assumption of everything being better in America still persists somewhere in my head that I forgot that the narrative that history textbooks tell always have a political tint, tilting towards the government in power and attitudes in the country, even in the USA.

While I did like listening to this audiobook, I think I'll find this more valuable in the future when I'll have a school going kid in America. I'll surely get back to this book at the time and also hopefully look through the history textbooks available in the future to ensure my kid gets a more nuanced and updated perspective on things.