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Lucky dip |
- Jun 30, 2007 11:58am
You Are Not a Dumb American
You got 6/10 correct.
You know a good deal about American history,
but there's some basic facts you have wrong.
Time to go back to history class!
Are You a Dumb American?
Of course I'm not a dumb American -- I'm a
New Zealander, and have never been out of NZ.
I'm not really proud of my score here but considering
I am only 14 and we are not taught
American history, it's not too bad.
We learn Maori history and culture every year
in primary school, and about British heroes
like Captain Cook and Robert Falcon Scott.
It makes me furious that Scott is always
portrayed as the great Antarctic hero
and Amundsen, who beat him to the pole,
as a weasel!
We learn a lot about British history in general, too.
We're constantly reminded that we are members
of the Commonwealth, encouraged to talk in BBC English
and it is said New Zealanders are "more British
than the British".
I think the only project we've done on
the US was about the iron and
steel industry in Pittsburgh.
Yes, riveting!
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