History

Even though I'm a Nutrition student, and took the science route after I graduated high school, I always had a slight fascination with History.
Of course the classes itself throughout high school were boring, but the material was interesting.
I'm especially interested in Canadian history, and even though I'm not American, I also find their history pretty interesting as well.

Lately I've been watching the mini series "The Kennedys". It's somewhat of an expose of the Kennedy family. Things I never knew. Greg Kinnear plays JFK, and Katie Holmes plays Jacqueline Kennedy. The series starts with the election, but also has flashbacks to JFK's childhood, how he lived in the shadow of his older brother Joe. How their father had so much of a say in their lives. I find it so interesting.
I think I'm also mildly fascinated by the 1960's era itself. A couple of my new favourite shows relate to that era in one way or another.
I absolutely loved Pan Am - which I think might get cancelled. But I loved how they showed how women were treated during that era. How they had to look a certain way to be a stewardess, the weekly weigh-ins at headquarters. The pressure to always be "on".

A newer show has also emerged in the last couple of months. "Smash" featuring Katharine McPhee, and Debra Messing. While this show is actually set in modern day, it's about creating a Marilyn Monroe musical for broadway. And their struggles to capture the essence of Marilyn, who as you may know, died in 1962.
Her life was fascinating. And of course she had that link to the Kennedys. Which might be why I'm also fascinated by them.

I also did very well in History in High school. And then for an elective, I actually took the first part of an American History class, which took us up to the American Revolution. I wish I had taken the 2nd half of that class the following semester, since it would have included information from the Revolution to modern day times.
I think it's important to know other countries' histories. I like American history because it links to Canadian history in a way. The two countries are neighbours and there are definitely overlaps through our histories.
Who knows, I might have ended up as a historian if I didn't take sciences. I have always been able to remember specific dates of things.

Do you like to study history?