http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1275989,00.html
By: Geforce - 6th August 2004 at 16:57
Brilliant. 😀 Didn’t teach history myself yet, but heard from my colleagues some suprising answers.
Who started the first cruisade – Jezus
How was Belgium founded? – Millions of years ago, France and Holland, two islands,
came so close to eachother, they collapsed and Belgium was created 😀
Personally I don’t find it a shame people don’t know anything about history. I do get upset when they pretend to know everything, so I have to be the arrogant ******* pointing out their mistakes. Therefor, I avoid political and historical discussions in the local pub 😎 A year ago, somebody nearly threw a glass at me because I was defending Bush. Drink beer and talk about the weather, fast cars, football and big boobs. :p
By: Arabella-Cox - 6th August 2004 at 13:41
At least have some knowledge before you have an opinion!
Spoilsport. Opinions without knowledge are FAR more amusing! 😀
By: pluto77189 - 6th August 2004 at 13:36
At least it’s not JUST in the US. Sean hannity and Jay Leno do skits where they go on the street and ask random people random questions about relavant issues, history in particular.
It is absolutly amazing how little the average person knows about history or current events.
IT seems that the worst areas are in big cities, where people CAN live their whole life unaware of the outside world. These people know ONLY what they see on TV, and they don’t even watch the news.
They know th epresident, but not the vice president. They don’t know ANYTHING about history, NOTHING.
It gets me sick to my stomach to see a 30 year old professional voice their opinion on why Bush is evil, and then not know who the vice president is, or who we fought in WWII.
At least have some knowledge before you have an opinion!
By: Ren Frew - 5th August 2004 at 23:47
You mean Duke Ellington didn’t defeat Napolean at Waterloo?
🙂
No he was the guy that came second to ABBA in the Eurovision song contest ?
By: John Boyle - 5th August 2004 at 23:40
You mean Duke Ellington didn’t defeat Napolean at Waterloo?
🙂
By: Grey Area - 5th August 2004 at 23:26
Well, I’ll be………….. 😮
By: google - 5th August 2004 at 23:21
You mean it wasn’t Gandalf???? :confused:
Of course not, it was Saruman.
By: google - 5th August 2004 at 23:20
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! I mean..Armada. 🙂
By: Grey Area - 5th August 2004 at 23:12
You mean it wasn’t Gandalf???? :confused:
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