Pirates me hearties, pirates!

[Tal]

From what I've heard from those presently enduring it, the teaching of history hasn't changed much in the interim. Sad, that such a fascinating topic is taught so poorly.

--Pete

I was a history major in college. Our department head always felt that memorizing dates was counter intuitive to teaching the what where and how of history - after all you could go and look up exact dates anytime you needed to. Otherwise you were expected to know the'lay of the land' so to speak for when something happened but were expected to be able to discuss, at length, what we know of how events came to unfold on demand. As you can imagine - it lead, for me, to a fuller knowledge of history. My classmates mileage may vary.;)