know why.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... blame.html
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Sarah's Take on History
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First people deny a thing, then they belittle it, then they say it was known all along! Von Humboldt
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She's apparently not alone, Dig.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/ ... 1097.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/ ... 1097.shtml
U.S. students don't know much about American history, according to results of a national test released Tuesday.
Just 13 percent of high school seniors who took the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress — called the Nation's Report Card — showed solid academic performance in American history. The two other grade levels tested didn't perform much better, which just 22 percent of fourth-grade students and 18 percent of eighth-graders scoring proficient or better.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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It's the same over here Min, I'm sorry to say.
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You Brits have a lot more history to learn. American kids have NO excuse!
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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Well, the kids actually do have an excuse. It's called school systems coaching kids to pass standardized tests instead of teaching them to think.Minimalist wrote:You Brits have a lot more history to learn. American kids have NO excuse!
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Yep! So they end up knowing that William the Conqueror won the Crown in 1066 then they move on to Elizabeth the first followed by WW1 with no continuity in between.
Many of the teachers are as badly educated so what can we expect?
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Many of the teachers are as badly educated so what can we expect?
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I can remember when teaching was considered a noble profession....instead of the secondary, political-football, career it has morphed into.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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Me too!
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