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History Classes Illuminate The Present Through The Lens of The Past By Heather Darrow
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ordan Scrantom plans to become a physical therapist. A soccer player who has recovered from many injuries, her goal is to show patients that she understands what they are going through as she helps them heal. The past is already impacting Jordan’s future, but she gained a deeper appreciation of the value of that concept in her Collin College history classes. Jordan enjoyed Dr. Krystal Humphreys’ U.S. History 1301 class so much that she signed up for her U.S. History 1302 honors class the following semester. “I like the way she structures the class,” Jordan said. “You don’t have to memorize information. You can 44 ||
Photo by Sara Carpenter, Collin College photographer.
just learn.” In her honors class, Jordan selected a topic relating to American History from 1865 until the present day. “My mom is from Germany, and I wanted to incorporate her history,” Jordan said. “My project was on America’s view of the Holocaust and what we did and didn’t do. During the Holocaust, we got frustrated about how the Jews were treated, but I saw the hypocrisy in how we treated the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Seeing how we got to where we are today is interesting. Now I know that what happened in the past can influence what we do in the future.”
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