✧✦Catherine✦✧studying for uk residency
this paragraph is all it says about the american war of independence
snubbing americans is funny so i'll allow it
this... document... is gravely insulting to at least tens of millions of people
i am so going to fail this test by knowing some actual history instead of propaganda at some point...
"A referendum was called"
BY WHOM. WHO CALLED IT
THIS IS IN MY ACTUAL MEMORY. I WATCHED IT LIVE
i can't read this any more i have to go do something less aggravating
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)History, as taught in British schools, is interesting mostly for the fact that absolutely nothing happened between beating the French in 1815 and the start of the First World War. The Empire was a happy prosperous place with no down sides for anyone involved and Germany was just jealous of how awesome it was.
There are some especially weird things. For example, we learn about the Charge of the Light Brigade poem in English classes, but never learn anything at all about the war in which it happens in history classes.
A phenomenal amount of time is spent on the Tudors and Stewarts and almost none on the surrounding context.
Dr. Sobek@david_chisnall @whitequark What war was that charge from, in fact ?
(As a French, I have reasons not to know every single involvement of the Britts, especially when those aren't, for once fighting against us (or sometimes with us))
The Crimean War. The French were also involved, but on the same side as the British for a change.
The biggest long-term impact of the war on Britain was that more people died from infection than directly from combat injuries and it led to a big push to introduce antiseptics in hospitals. Florence Nightingale pushed for this (most British people have heard of her, even if they aren’t sure why), who should be most famous for spending 40 years in bed, a level of achievement I aspire to.
Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧@david_chisnall @whitequark , along the same lines, when I was a wee sprog in Hong Kong RCC in the 1960s, attending the UK government school atop Victoria Peak, we heard all about the least details of the 19th C. back home, and even went through a group reading of Kingsley's The Water Babies as some sort of collective punishment, but heard absolutely not a word about the two Opium Wars that resulted in... Hong Kong RCC.
Gosh, wonder why? It's a mystery.