Thatmax said:
Personaly i think that this is all due to the history education that we recieve in the UK, everything is fine appart from history, we dont learn anything about our own countries history until we get to A-level at which point most pupils have dropped it (including myself) not that i dont know any of the above ;) |
I can agree with that for the most part. The only British History I was really taught before my GCSE's was World War II and lots about Henry VIII. Since then, I've learnt about 20th century America and their foreign policy and Britain's industrial revolution.
Not until my A Levels did I begin to learn any European history in the form of Italian Unification and Serfdom in Russia along with several other subjects like the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress System.
There's one big difference though, I was not taught a lot of what I know in school. Much I gained from my parents AND to be honest a lot of it is just common knowledge/common sense.
Although I believe this survey shows a disturbing trend, those who want to learn History can and it provides a lot of information. I've always found it quite funny that I would know more about American history than perhaps many Americans would but that's why I took it, it interests me.
There is always a chance that this survey is misleading though, isn't it always the case that only bad polls get publicised because that are meant to shock?
