In all my years of schooling, I had 1 teacher I would say was a good history teacher - and it was not until senior year in HS - and he left after Christmas to coach football at a near by HS.
Until then, I had no interest in history. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not really. The research has shown otherwise. By and large Americans > are profoundly ignorant of world history, or for that matter their own > history. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Do you really think you would get better answers if you asked 10 >> different Germans, or 10 different Englishmen, or even 10 different >> Canadians? Ignorance of history is not limited to Americans. >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:49 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I do share some of Larry's frustrations with Americans seeming lack of >>> knowledge about the history of WW2....and really history in general. >>> >>> I mean, if you asked 10 random Americans on the street to tell you even when >>> the war occurred, or who comprised the Axis powers, etc....how many correct >>> answers do you think you'd get? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
