[Bubba Ho-Tep]

It looks like the average Italian knows as little about his history and the average American is taught about his.

I think that tends to be true everywhere. I was talking to a Brit about some royal history--Richard III or Henry VIII or something--and the guy, college educated, admitted he really didn't know much about history.

[colorado tanker]

Things have sure changed. I’m reading some Macauley, who wrote in the mid-nineteenth century. He assumes his reader not only has a basic knowledge of the historic narrative, but also can read Latin, Greek and French. :-))