Exactly. History is not the past. History is a SUBJECT which is taught typically by droning idiots with no real interest in the subject themselves. Our past is interesting. History blows!
This kind of angers me, to be honest. I have been studying history academically for roughly 7 years (four high school and three college) and have taken at least one history class every semester during that time frame. I have never had a bad history teacher. I have, of course, had ones that are less stellar than others, but I cannot say that any of them have been outright bad or "droning idiots."

Droning idiots and bad teachers are not limited to history. Every subject has them. You cannot single out history as being bad simply because you've had a bad time with some bad teachers.