tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3732538937096923297..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Dumbed down: History too Hard a Subect for UK SchoolsPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-48861916434023059922011-08-25T13:04:58.104-07:002011-08-25T13:04:58.104-07:00"personally I think this is a big mistake in ...<i>"personally I think this is a big mistake in the education system</i>. Pretty tragic that kids can go all the way through school without the possibility of learning anything much about it. <br /><br />Or it seems very much about anything at all. <br /><br />Here we are sounding like two retired colonels in a gentlemen's club reminiscing into our whisky.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-85890705161190114072011-08-25T11:45:13.099-07:002011-08-25T11:45:13.099-07:00this is a sad reflection on the uk today.i sat my ...this is a sad reflection on the uk today.i sat my 13 year old son down a few weeks ago and asked him a few questions,1066,1215,pivitol moments in british history,he didnt have a clue,he dosent even know for sure who winston churchill was.in other countrys history is one of the main subjects taught.my son attends greek school once a week,he knows about the greek-persian wars,alexander the great,byzantine,1821 the greek war of independence and the "oxi" day in 1940 when the greeks refused musolini permission to use greek bases.<br />personaly i think this is a big mistake in the education system.history engages the pupill,it gives them a firm base in life and an affinity with the past.on the political spectrum i consider my self a bit of a lefty but boris johnson the tory mayor of london is all for teaching latin,greek in schools and reintroducing the classics.bethany huges,the tv archaeologist is also involved as are many other classics scholars and archaeologists.i say good luck to them.<br />on the plus side it might deter people from digging up archaeological sites willy nilly,of course looting still goes on in greece but i would think that there hasnt got the apathy amongst the public we seem to have in the uk.<br />kyri.kyrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725342826698223232noreply@blogger.com