I know american education is bad, but surely something like this is not necessary?

It is. I've been to the United States right before the whole Corona kerfuffle started, and some of the younger people that live there actually think George Washington invented fire.

And you think he didn’t?

Of course not you troglodyte. George Washington invented freedom and the AR-15. Abraham Lincoln invented fire.

non-Western English speakers have higher chance of not knowing who he is.

This. We had went through some of the myths in our Literature classes where you read the classics, or "Ethics and Aesthetics" class where the religion and its influence got discussed alongside the various Greco-Roman schools of philosophy.
But not history. Heck, even the people who wrote them viewed the various legends as nothing more than good fictional stories (except when it comes to Trojan Wars, because everyone comes from Trojan emigrees if you ask them).
You don't need to know about a kid who flew too high to understand the Roman expansion just as understanding the Trinity will leave you none the wiser on the actual Catholic schism.

I thought George Washington invented peanuts.

Finland is supposed to have pretty good early education and we covered some of the core aspects of Greek mythology.

Greek and to some extent Rome are special because they form the foundation of Western culture. Philosophy is probably the most relevant aspect of it, but mythology and religion are used to impart important lessons to people, just think of concepts such as Pandora's box, Achilles' heel or Icarus flying too close to the sun. It's not worth going in-depth into but it should be covered on a basic level if you live in the West. Of course America is a bit of a special case since they have a month dedicated to Black history.

Are you genuinely retarded? You're basically saying you want religion to be taught in schools.
>they teach valuable lessons
Fucking spongebob can teach these lessons. Thousands upon thousands of books written since then can teach better more relevant lessons than ancient stories of fictional gods while also teaching actual history and improving language/writing ability at the same time.
>America America America
OBSESSED

Religion shouldn't be taught in schools, but once kids reach around high school-ish they should definitely be taught ABOUT history. More specifically about the incredible historic and cultural significance it bears as one of the great cornerstones of all civilizations everywhere.

Truly the father of America
God Bless.

History is already being taught. You need to understand that there's limited time in school. With thousands of years needing to be covered, any increase in mythology would simply remove actual history. Greek mythology isn't nearly as relevant as you think.

Religion is part of history you retard. It's important to know what people believed (and sometimes still believe) to understand why they did certain things and how it influenced modern culture and politics. I remember learning about Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology in elementary, along with Christianity, and then in middle school we had a bit more in depth on Abrahamic religions in general.
You don't teach kids to believe in these things, you teach them ABOUT these things.

Greek mythology is a core aspect of ancient Greek literature which in turn is one of the foundations of western culture. Might as well discard every piece with religious themes if you consider learning about greek gods and myths to be religious education.

Well, we certainly shouldn't teach that Zeus or Yahweh are real, but that doesn't mean human actions and culture that include these names are irrelevant.

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SEA fag here, we actually did cover some mythology (both asian and western ones) to provide some context plus flavor to the history we were learning. So for instance, when covering rome, the teachers talked about how they took on culture from other regions they've interacted with etc, so the discussion will touch on Hercules vs Herakles and talk a little about the Argonauts, as well as the etymology of stuff like why it's called the Archilles tendon etc.

You're mistaken he invented electricity.

It's extremely relevant even now, because it sets the basics of our moral systems. Starting with the Oedipus complex and going all the way through the different forms of tragedy and disaster, which are different from Eastern traditions, studying the classics gives you insight into how we as a society share certain values and what makes the anglosphere and the West in general one cohesive mass of culture, aesthetics and morals.

>You're basically saying you want religion to be taught in schools.
exactly

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>You're basically saying you want religion to be taught in schools.
It is taught in schools over here. The small and almost exclusively native Finnish primary schools I went to had a Christian option and a non-religious option that covered similar concepts from an atheist perspective if you just wanted to talk about the moral lessons and such.

>Thousands upon thousands of books written since then can teach better more relevant lessons than ancient stories of fictional gods while also teaching actual history
There are alternative options for sure but because ancient Greece was so massively important for Western culture it's looked at more in-depth. Their myths and stories helped shaped their view of the world which had a bigger impact on the ideas we inherited from them than a lot of the "actual history" that you're talking about. These are also not mutually exclusive options. You can still look at the origins of European civilization, important leaders like Alexander the Great or key heritage such as theater even if some time is dedicated to mythology.

>improving language/writing ability at the same time.
Can you be more specific? You'll be doing a bunch of reading and writing either way so I don't see how one would be significantly better than the other.

>OBSESSED
The post I responded to specifically asked whether Greek mythology should be taught in American schools. Mentioning the US was 100% topical, you're just upset because I made a joke while at it. If anything you're the one being obsessed seeing as how you roll out the canned OBSESSED response like clockwork at the slightest mention of the US.

I only know Prometheus from hacking my PSP Gen-D3 5.50 whatever it was

>character says Sanzu
>subs say Styx
Why is this allowed?

Prometheus was an alien. He had a caveman friend named Bob.

japanese consider them gaijin scum, so you tell me