Re: CHAT: University Advice (was Re: A bit of advice)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 0:30 |
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:30:52 EDT Cathy Whitlock <Cprincessw@...>
writes:
> In a message dated 9/11/2000 10:12:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM writes:
> << Ah, but you omit Canada's rebellion against the United States:
> the War of 1812. (You won, we lost.) >>
> Funny, after a year of Canadian history, my teacher never mentioned
> that. It
> seemed like the book was selected American history regurgitated to
> make
> Canada sound like an American protogé. I don't think the teacher put
> much
> effort into finding a good book either. Its title was "Canada: A
> North
> American Nation"... I mean, if you can't come up with a better name
> than that
> for a book containing an entire nation's history, you are in serious
> imaginative trouble!
-
Hey, freshie year of high school my brother had to learn from a science
textbook called _Biology: Life on Earth_. As opposed to life on Mars, i
guess...
-Stephen (Steg)
"mai hhazit, dedama didakh sumaq ttefei?"