To: edcoil
Every year I ask my college aged athletes (at one time or the other) three questions:
1) Within 40 years (FOURTY!!!) when was the American Civil War?
2) Name the three "Axis Powers" of WWII
3)What is the significance of June 6th, 1944?
Then I watch the complete BLANK STARES when they try to answer the questions. They can't do it. Most of the athletes can't even get ONE of the questions. These are NOT idiots! These are kids with 3.0-4.0GPS's. Invariably they will say "I never liked history anyway." Hmmmm
27 posted on
06/15/2011 7:22:33 AM PDT by
China Clipper
(My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
To: China Clipper
Can someone get me a list on how the teachers union defines the curriculum and what is taught?
37 posted on
06/15/2011 7:32:50 AM PDT by
edcoil
(What? Me worry.)
To: China Clipper
From a TEACHER: 40 is correctly spelled f-o-r-t-y with no “u” as in f-o-u-r.
45 posted on
06/15/2011 7:49:47 AM PDT by
lyby
("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
To: China Clipper
Teacher is here again... by GPS (Global Positioning System) did you actually mean GPA (Grade Point Average)?
57 posted on
06/15/2011 8:12:19 AM PDT by
lyby
("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
To: China Clipper
Did you stand there going, “anyone? Anyone? Axis Powers were...anyone?”
91 posted on
06/15/2011 5:24:31 PM PDT by
Fledermaus
(Mitt Romney makes Nelson Rockefeller look like Ronald Reagan. NO MITT 2012.)
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