d'oh!

Andrew,

Admiral Nelson, my dear boy, was one of England's greatest hero's.

He fought the battle of Trafalgar. You Must have heard of him!!!!!! His statue is on the top of a bloody great pole in TRAFALGAR SQUARE, London

I cry with despair    History my son, history

Tony C

Hi Andrew,

Its ok mate, I will let you off

Best wishes,

Tony.

PS I have another Nelson joke, but I do not think I will bother

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I can only repeat that & weep with you.

Sorry, I went to public school
Back when I was in school through the mid 80's most of our history lessons were one sided, meaning if it didn't have to do with America we didn't study much on it.
A majority of study went into the founding of our great nation, major battles of wars in which America was the biggest influance. And of course the Presidents.
Very little time was spent on major breakthroughs such as flying, automobiles and space exploration.
One year we were forced World History which was a graduation requirement, which again focused mostly on events that involved America. So you can see our lessons were biased. Now i'm not speaking for every school here in the US!! Just the one I went to.
Most of the history that I know was based on self teaching, if I found a point in time or major event interesting I would (and still do!) get anything and everything available I could on the subject and read, watch and listen.
And that was back in the 70-80s, so I can't even think of what little they teach today with all of the PCness crap.
I do know that thee are many pieces of great literature removed from schools just because of PC so I don't expect that the children of today are learning much anyway.
And I truly hope that I'm wrong.
All I know is that my step daughter who I speak to on a weekly basis (divorced and she lives in KY, FYI) isn't reciving the education that she should do to poor teaching and the fact that there are things the school thinks should not be taught. War for example, reason: They belive that it will promote violence! KID YOU NOT!! That is what I was told at a parents/teacher conferance!
Sad world we live in today
But I'll look into this Nelson character to see what the humor is all about

P.S. I hope they teach spelling!! I think I might go back!!

If its any consolation to you yanks we in Britain are taught squat about your country.

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This is the whole problem. History is no longer treated as a serious subject at school. I believe it's not even on the syllabus at some. At others, WWII is regarded as ancient history & about as far back as they go. This doesn't make me feel too good as I was born during WWII. LOL

I reckon to know a fair amount about world history but most of this is what I made it my business to learn since leaving school. I'm still learning every day.

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That would be a state school in the UK. Public School is what they call private schools over here. Old school tie & all that. Confusing ain't it?  

I don't see any chance of promoting international understanding & harmony if we don't know at least a little about each other's history & what makes us tick.