[WikiEN-l] Re: Anet Dartmouth, again

Fri Aug 27 22:13:09 UTC 2004

On 27 Aug 2004, at 10:54 pm, Denni wrote:

> Good point. Canadian schoolchildren, while taught (IMHO) far more 
> American history than necessary, are pathetically unknowledgeable 
> about their own country's.
> Close to half of Canadians are unable to recall the name of our first 
> Prime Minister. Agggh!

New Zealand is much the same, although we didn't do much American 
history. I haven't been to one in a long time but most of our colonial 
history was swept under the carpet when I was at school, in much the 
same way as in the US; ethnocentric textbooks.

Christiaan