This made me laugh hard enough to cry. Of course, I also have educated myself enough to know who Robespierre is.
Posted by Jeff at May 12, 2004 11:15 PM | Link CosmosThat was funny.
Hey, I actually learned about Robespierre in high school. Ok, I can't remember if we actually learned about him or I just read that part of the textbook on my own, but at least it was in the textbook! I bet that is seldom the case in public schools today.
Is it sad that I think that it just being in the textbook is good? But when you hear so many stories of today's textbooks not even including the founding fathers, unless mentioning that they were slaveholders...
Posted by: Brian on May 13, 2004 03:29 PM