Re: [DL] Language skills--OT

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> yep, you can thank the US education system for that one.  I was quizzing a
> cousin of mine on US History one day after discovering some astonishing
> holes in her knowledge (she was a junior in high school).  After she
failed
> to answer what I thought were elementary US History questions I finally
out
> of frustration asked her who we fought in the civil war.  Being as we are
in
> Tennessee, the right answer would have been "The North" with extra credit
> given for "Those Damn Yankees."  Her answer?  After a moment of thought
she
> managed to come up with "Germany?"

Can you die from vomiting too much?  If so, I should make an appointment
with the undertaker.

Nick "retch in peace" Zachariasen