This is frankly, quite scary...

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by Kitten

lol Peebs, the telephone on wheels is Direct Line, not Churchill. D-

I KNEW THAT! It's my Labyrynthitus Brain! It confused me!


.... honest....

*hangs head in shame*



You know what Flibster, I think you should get ALL of your 20 - odd - year - old sisters friends around for a lumber party so you can educate them....

[Feek]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

You know what Flibster, I think you should get ALL of your 20 - odd - year - old sisters friends around for a lumber party so you can educate them....

Lumber? Wood? 20 year old girls?

Well deserving of a Fnarr I think..

[jmc41]

To be honest given all I learnt in history from years 7-11 was 20th century (and this was a good 9-10+ years ago) and all my Mum learnt (french revolution, 17th century possibly?) quite a few years before that it wouldn't surprise me if schools were teaching some other random period and completely forgetting the 20th century now!

Also, I think different areas of the country teach different things. But a basic grounding of the last few thousand years at least would be a better system imho!

[Justsomebloke]

It hurts my head to think that some people don't know about the French revolution, storming of the Bastille, all the Louises', the Marque Desarde (sp?) The Legion de Estrange etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

Off for a cry now.

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by Mohinder

In fairness, it probably is the most important chunk to people alive these days. Not that it all isn't, of course... but to be honest I don't think I was ever even taught the moon landings... it's just something people know, surely?

I think this pretty much sums up my thoughts really. You can't get taught everything. You don't know everything. And you don't show an interest in everything. But surely, this is something that people just know, isn't it?

[Flibster]

Originally Posted by Mohinder

Without wishing to sound offensive, the rest of your post seems to suggest her and her friends are, in fact, immensely thick, or at the very least frighteningly ignorant.
Then again, I'm sure there's a million things that she, as an educated type, would be shocked to find out I have no idea about.

Like.. maths

One of them is doing a Phd @ Cambridge in Chemisty at the moment. Another is doing Pure Maths I think.

I'm just shocked that one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century - they didn't know happened....

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by Flibster

One of them is doing a Phd @ Cambridge in Chemisty at the moment. Another is doing Pure Maths I think.

I'm just shocked that one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century - they didn't know happened....

That doesn't surprise me for a second. Cambridge is full of highly inteligent people who lack basic common sense and 'real world' experience.

[Pumpkinstew]

Decline in general knowledge in the British population.
15 to 1 no longer broadcast.

You can draw your own conclusions.