User blog comment:Tiamatwizard/Pros & Cons of Using Hetalia in the Classroom/@comment-1871748-20100606233728

I wish Hetalia existed when I was in school... >:C I failed hardcore in history... I just could never remember dates or names and things... and I found it boring because everything was about war, famous people, religion, or politics, and not culture or geography. I probably know more about world history now than I did back in school...

Although, now that I think of it, we didn't learn much about the world, because they would mainly only teach about ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Medieval, Middle East, and United States history in the schools I went to. In fact, I don't even remember them discussing World War I or II at all... -_- Although history in 7th grade was kind of interesting since we learned a little bit of China and Japan. I remember they sort of taught a little bit of Japanese traditions and language even.

But I noticed they never even mentioned any hint of North Europe, East Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, or Australia...

I think I probably would have done better if the teachers had taught more about the cultures and languages of the countries we were studying to keep me interested, and not just the wars and famous people.

Heck, I think I could have done better by slacking off in class and just reading Wikipedia articles instead...