Re: Re: [DL] Civil War Banned from Knox County Schools

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

On the subject of what isn't taught in schools:
In my high school, up here in Canada (Québec), the War of 1812 was entirely
skipped.  A real pity as Canadian history generally lacks "interesting"
wars. ;-)
Of course, I became a (bad) historian anyway.
          Daniel
"Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all."
     Hamlet, Act III, scene i.

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De : markus.finster@chello.at <markus.finster@chello.at>
À : deadlands@gamerz.net <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Date : January 8, 2003 5:05 AM
Objet : Re: Re: [DL] Civil War Banned from Knox County Schools


>> Come to think of it, I don't think I learned much about history until I
was
>> out of school and sought it out on my own.
>
>Reminds me of a teacher I had when I was 17 or 18. We learned for weeks
about Empress Maria Theresia (one of the most importan figures in Austrian
history) - but only internal politics. We even had to learn the names of
every single advisor she ever had. Ok, so finally, we heard all about her
changes in Austrian School System and whatnot, then we switch to the French
Revolution.
>So I ask, "Uhm, Ma'am, what about the external affairs in that period". And
she looks at me and says, "Oh, there wasn't really anything worth
mentioning".
>Oh, right. Just the Seven-Years-War, the Uprising in the Netherlands, the
Russian-Turkisch War, the Austrian-Turkish War...
>
>Markus
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