I’m not sure how you can learn something about a hypothetical event. Maybe guess at an outcome, but surely not learn. And is this exactly how the subject was taught?
I’d hate to think my kids were ever to be taught from a singular viewpoint like that. I’d rather they were taught from an objective point of view, or at least given two biased opinions!
Android, you have to take into account who was doing the teaching. the Irish Christian Brothers. A veritable brewing pot of Irish nationalism.
When learning Irish history, I was taught that the rebels who died in 1916 were martyrs.
after all, one man’s freedom fighter is anothers terrorist.
But thats all a story to be told over a pint.
Well, I’m heading off to the pub tonight…unfortunately my attention will be taken up watching Man Utd thrash Sturm Graz…
Thanks, casdave; this has been going round and round in my head to the tune of Land of My Fathers all morning. It’s all I can do to prevent myself from singing it out loud.
If it doesn’t get better soon, I’ll have to dig out an old Proclaimers CD to drown it out.
Emergency cure on it’s way TomH
to the tune of
Where do you go to my lovely
You talk like Lenny Henry,
You dance like Biffo the Bear
Your clothes they are all made by Oxfam
And there’s lice in your public hair.
Tell me where do you go to my lovely,
When you’re alone in your pit,
And what is the stench that surround you
When you go for a spine shattering shit
On your arms and on your legs ah ha ha oh ho ho ho
de de de de.
"If I was in England, and “God Save the Queen” was played, and I sunk the lyrics to “My Country
'tis of Thee”
Why don’t you sign it? People think sign language looks beautiful even though they don’t have a clue what is being said. So you can say all sorts of things. Lots of times I teach pretty girls to sign ‘f**k me’ when they ask how do you sign ‘thank you?’
But then since you don’t speak englandish, they probably won’t understand americanish.