Re: snooker.org 'hits': a few observations
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mick745 wrote:British schoolkids should be taught the main events of british history - how many can name the year in which the battle of trafalgar took place for instance?
SnookerFan wrote:I think they start learning dates of stuff in history before they reach degree level, to be fair.
Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
SnookerFan wrote:Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
Do you mind me asking how old you are, Ace?
No reason other than curiosity.
Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
LDS wrote:SnookerFan wrote:I think they start learning dates of stuff in history before they reach degree level, to be fair.
Dates will obviously come into any topic about history, duh.
The implication of Mick was that his chosen one specific date of relevance was somehow more relevant than any other date in history. Does he know the exact date of the other 1,000s of battles the British Empire engaged in? Of course he doesn't.
"Do you know the date of XYZ" is just a soundbite invented by someone with a specific political bias, in his case most likely British Nationalism and the movement to imagine England isn't part of Europe. Hey guys, you remember when we fought the French, ah the good ol' days! *yawn *yawn.
Iranu wrote:Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
Why was Kings and Queens boring?
Why do you think the other topics were ‘lesser’ than WWI and II?
Acé wrote:Iranu wrote:Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
Why was Kings and Queens boring?
Why do you think the other topics were ‘lesser’ than WWI and II?
No one was interested in it it was a boring topic, couldn't give a buck about Henry the 8th or Queen Elizabeth etc kings and queens never interested me
Iranu wrote:Acé wrote:Iranu wrote:Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
Why was Kings and Queens boring?
Why do you think the other topics were ‘lesser’ than WWI and II?
No one was interested in it it was a boring topic, couldn't give a buck about Henry the 8th or Queen Elizabeth etc kings and queens never interested me
When you say no one do you mean you? I find it hard to believe that not a single person was interested in it.
Personally I found learning about some monarchs way more interesting than the World Wars. Not so much the Tudors though.
mick745 wrote:The lives and activities of the kings and queens are so ingrained in british historical events i find it difficult believing you could study history without studying them.
sundaygirl wrote:The studying the topic in history provides context to the current situation
But surely the barebones of what constitutes the uk was covered at school as part of citizenship?
When I was at school that topic was a subset of general studies G.C.S.E aka the easy one
Juddernaut88 wrote:When you were young. Decent song by the Killers back in 2006.
SnookerFan wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:When you were young. Decent song by the Killers back in 2006.
Another excellent history lesson.
Holden Chinaski wrote:Ireland is where the leprechauns live, right?
Acé wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Acé wrote:In my school WW2 was the biggest focal point of history from year 7 to year 11
I chose History as a GCSE subject in year 10 and the main things we covered were WW1, WW2 (this was the most engaging for every student), Ancient Medicine, Kings and Queens (which was the most bucking boring one while everything else was interesting, imagine going from WW2 to this), Ancient Europe, and some other lesser things
ironically, nothing about Ireland, Wales, Scotland
Do you mind me asking how old you are, Ace?
No reason other than curiosity.
24
Will be 25 in five months time
mick745 wrote:That's not what i was implying, but you seem to be labelling me as far right.
I was saying british kids should have at least a basic knowledge of the key events in british history yes there have been thousands of battles, but a few have been way more significant than others.
Other countries arent so squeamish about teaching their children about the key events in their own country's history.
It is shocking that the troubles in northern ireland was one of the most important events in uk history during the 20th century and yet people can leave school without knowing anything about it.
Holden Chinaski wrote:That's all very interesting, LDS, but what about the leprechauns?
LDS wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:That's all very interesting, LDS, but what about the leprechauns?
They make for a very unpopular topic for movies. The original Leprechaun movie currently stands at 4.8/10 on IMDB. And yet this is as nothing compared to Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood which stands at just 3.9/10.
They are probably in Snookerfan's top 10.
Holden Chinaski wrote:LDS wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:That's all very interesting, LDS, but what about the leprechauns?
They make for a very unpopular topic for movies. The original Leprechaun movie currently stands at 4.8/10 on IMDB. And yet this is as nothing compared to Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood which stands at just 3.9/10.
They are probably in Snookerfan's top 10.
Does Warwick Davis still play the leprechaun?
Juddernaut88 wrote:Irish blood, English heart, this I'm made of.