HI Charles, Well, I'm not really that surprised. Besides the fact this kid was young, hadn't had history yet, etc I've generally found that most people are really uneducated when it comes to history in general. I've found all too many times people said history was boring, they slept through class, and they don't really know anything about it other than a few facts here and there they picked up somewhere. Even then what history they do know, or think they know, usually is white washed facts that passes for history in our schools today.
For instance, how many people were involved in the Lincoln assassanation? If you are like most people you will mention John Wilks Booth and forget everyone else involved in the plot to kill Lincoln. The real truth is there was several people involved directly with the Lincoln assassaination, and several cabinit members were attacked the same night as Lincoln. John Wilks Booth was killed while trying to escape, but several other members of the conspiracy were rounded up and put on trial. In the end four people were hanged for conspiracy, and four others were sent to prison. For some reason this part of the Lincoln assassination is rarely discussed. Its not even in the school books. Yet that is what really happened and is a matter of public record if anyone wants to look into it further. Its cases like this that really disgust me about the American school system. The history books maybe have one or two pages dedicated to any specific person or event and skip over the deeper truths and history behind what happened. For most people that's enough. The day people graduate from high school they just stop studying history, and that is very sad because history is extremely interesting if presented correctly. The Apaulo 13 mission is a case in point of history that is very interesting and has books and movies written about it. There is really no excuse not to know about it. Cheers! On 5/7/11, Charles Rivard <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Uh, Houston? We have a problem up here! I don't remember them saying that, > but I do remember the coverage. Oddly enough, I was visiting a friend who > had a young son who was really interested in space movies. I took a copy of > Apollo 13 with descriptive narration to show them what those movies are > like. During the movie, we were talking about what was going on in our > country at the time of Apollo 13, remembering the music and stuff. The kid > suddenly said, "Wow! You guys are talking as if this really happened." I > said, "It did! It's not just a movie. It is based on fact. Apollo 13 > actually happened." It blew him away, and it blew me away that he didn't > know that. > > --- > Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to > heart. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
