Don't they teach history any more? >>>Edited to add the Youtube clip<<< :-)

 
Watching "Pointless" earlier on...
 
Q: Who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas?
 
A: JR
 
 
 
Edit - here's the clip:
 

They used to teach history, but they didn't want to repeat it.

I think that the problem isn't whether they're teaching it or not, it's that you can get the diploma w/o actually learning and understanding it.
 
Considering that many future teachers slip through the same cracks and got where they are because of those cracks, it's hard to be optimistic.
 

Best I remember it was a guitar player.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
now that's some bad playin to make the singer croak..

You know, I had access to the same mediocre english lessons as the rest of my buddies (the lessons have to be mediocre so that everyone has a chance to pass). I walked out of high school speaking relatively good english. I needed to practice obviously, and that didn't come until years later, but, essentially, that's it.
 
When I talk w/ people back home, 95% of them can't speak english to save their life. Same lessons, same teachers. 
 
Difference I guess is that I was obsessed with music and wanted to understand the lyrics, so I had an extra motivation. But my resources were the same as theirs. Outside of that, nothing. We didn't even have an english dictionary at home, my parents couldn't understand english, we didn't have cable/english tv...
 
So, anyway, most of those people I went to school with can't speak english. 

Many will also tell you just how much they hated math and can't remember any of that stuff - not even to work with fractions. 
A lot of them can't spell better than a 5th grade kid. 
They know that Europeans came to America at some point and fought Indians.
If they try really hard they probably remember the name of 4 or 5 Canadian Prime Minister, beside the current one. 
Art and music classes were just an excuse for them to waste time. 
Many think that Africa is a country, because geography was BOOOOOOOORING...

So we have all those people w/ diplomas, and you can't help but wonder - what the heck did they learn in all those years? 
 
But the worst part is that, it gives people a sense of entitlement because they've been told that they are "educated" when actually, all the knowledge they've managed to extract from all those years boils down to how to make carrot muffins or how to build a bird house.

SteveStrummerUK
 
Watching "Pointless" earlier on...
 
Q: Who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas?
 
A: JR
 
 

Steve, one of the questions on today's show was, "Name an African country with a repeated vowel in them"
 
eg Nigeria, (2 i's) South Africa (2 a's)
 
One of the contestants, a  middle aged man, said "Goa"  

double post ... I haven't used X2 in so long I don't remember but maybe
if I recorded a track I'd get a twin lead?

Do you think they were chewing Spearmint gum when they wrote the code?

 
It is a forum full of story tellers.
 
Is any one taking the time to share historical stories with listeners of stories?
 
 

 
 

 
Here is a good one:
 

Now that you posted the clip Steve I feel dumb..er.
 
I thought they misunderstood the question and "JR" you indicated was for
Jack Ruby...I sure didn't think of JR from the TV series.
 
 

spacey
 
Oh...my dad bought the first '64 1/2 Mustang sold in our town- 

I "learned" to drive in a '64 1/2 mustang. My singer's brother in law let us have the car for the (new years eve) night as long as we promised to stay on the back streets. I was 15.

bapu

spacey
 
Oh...my dad bought the first '64 1/2 Mustang sold in our town- 

I "learned" to drive in a '64 1/2 mustang. My singer's brother in law let us have the car for the (new years eve) night as long as we promised to stay on the back streets. I was 15.

What a great car to learn in!
 
LOL Craig...but seriously, no. Both my folks worked hard and skimmed by.
I remember dad coming home from work pissed...he was driving a used Bug and
when he went to pass a slower driver they would speed up and whether or not we
could afford it he didn't have any trouble passing. It would out-run the local cops
too LOL..I know and at around 8yrs old I knew what "bury the speedometer" meant.
 
I too learned how to drive in that red '64 1/2 Mustang but I was somewhat younger Bapu.

Kenny Jay's dad gave him a 67 289 Mustang Convertible for us to learn on.
 
He literally said "you're only young once, try to stay out of trouble."
 
The first time we did a brake job we learned a whole bunch.
 
:-)

craigb
We're all somewhat younger than Bapu, Michael.  But he's got an Alembic (whatever that is).
 
BTW - That Caddy was modified by my crazy millionaire uncle (who invented the glass elevator and was the chief mechanic on an Indy 500 car two years back in the 60's).  The limited slip was replaced with Positraction, wider tires were added to a shortened axle so they would hide, it had a Littlefield blower and it had dual Holly 780's with extra large secondaries (among other "extras" like an NOS kit for a short time).  It got up to 163 mph on a straight in El Cajon CA but looked stock (albeit a boat) - lol.  It was absolutely horrible to drive if you weren't going straight though!  It would float side-to-side at higher speeds and would always slide out when making a turn thanks to too much power and Ford transmission fluid.  I could scratch three gears though which made for some nice road graffitti.  Of course, the 33 gallon fuel tank only lasts so long at 5 mpg or less!

Willy Wonka is your uncle ?