Can history education ever be free from national bias?
I've been reading about how different countries teach their national history, and it struck me that every textbook seems to have a hero and a villain. When I visited Japan last year, their version of WWII felt sanitized compared to what I learned in Europe. Do you think history education should aim for a single objective truth, or is it inevitable that each nation shapes the past to fit its present identity? I'm genuinely torn because I value factual accuracy, but I also see how history can unite people around shared values. What's your take—can we ever separate history from national bias, or is that just a nice ideal?