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Studying the wrong Caesar gets high school seniors out of a history exam
AP via NBC News ^
| 10/29/2025
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Posted on 11/02/2025 12:53:00 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG
Seniors?? Hearing about (either) Caesar for the first time?
Teaching to the test days before it is to be taken?
I gather the school system is clueless as to how damning this story is. Incapable of embarrassment.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:15:35 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
To: Verginius Rufus
Cesar Chavez, the prominent leftist opposed to Mexican immigrants is the one who came to my mind.
To: Jonty30
A real black mark if they had chosen Nero.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:17:10 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: Verginius Rufus
Sid Caesar was a lot funnier than Julius.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:17:36 PM PST
by
Publius
To: iamgalt
Pizza! Pizza!
Actually probably half of them can name one.
There have been several TV series set in Rome with lots of sex and gore. Which is apparently how we learn history any more.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:19:56 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
To: DFG
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:21:17 PM PST
by
dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: Publius
Sid Caesar was a lot funnier than Julius.
His burning of the ships was quite the prank, though.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:21:51 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: Robert A Cook PE
Latin I
Latin II
Latin III
Caesar/Cicero
Vergil
Catullus/Horace
AP Tests
8 Credits on College Transcript
To: DFG
The level of ignorance required to confuse those two Roman leaders is pretty epic.
To: DFG
"The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority said it had told the state's 180 high schools two years ago that the ancient history exam topic would change to Julius Caesar in 2025. The topic had been Augustus Caesar for the previous four years."Hmmmmmmmmmmmm..... It seems that nine high schools in northeastern Australia didn't get (or read) the memo.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:26:07 PM PST
by
Carl Vehse
(Make Austin Texas Again!)
To: Dr. Sivana
I thought Caesar and the Pirates was funny.
In a very twisted sort of way.
The mercy of Caesar.
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:34:50 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
To: DFG
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:55:55 PM PST
by
Ken Regis
(I concur )
To: iamgalt
They probably don’t know that two summer months were inserted into the calendar that were named after Julius and Augustus. That’s why the “numbered” months are off by two.
To: Robert A Cook PE
Exactly. Entirely the fault of the staff that they presented the wrong information and didn’t even comprehend that there is a difference between Augustus and Julius. SMH
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posted on
11/02/2025 1:59:21 PM PST
by
Reddy
(BO stinks)
To: Petrosius
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posted on
11/02/2025 2:00:00 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: DFG
We learned about both Caesars in high school.
We even read Julius Caesar in the original language.
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posted on
11/02/2025 2:00:15 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump )
To: DFG
How can you teach one without at least passing coverage of the other?
To: one guy in new jersey
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posted on
11/02/2025 2:02:45 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump )
To: DFG
“Studying the wrong Caesar gets high school seniors out of a history exam”
Doesn’t matter. In 50 years their new conquerers (today called ‘refugees’) will get rid of ALL studies involving Western societies.
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posted on
11/02/2025 2:02:56 PM PST
by
BobL
(Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
To: spintreebob
I was about to say, that “Cesar” is almost always mentioned in American Propaganda Education books over any Caesar.
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posted on
11/02/2025 2:04:23 PM PST
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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