>>>Thank you for the lesson in Canadian history. Here in the U.S. we are not exposed to any other history besides our own. It's probably the same in Canada. It would be interesting to me to study a little about Canadian history.
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>>Tim, I just checked with my daughter (Grade 11) and she says it is not the same in Canada... :)
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>I second that... When I was in Secondary 5 (11th grade, last of HS in Quebec), we had a course called "20th century history"... We just called it "American takeover preparedness" since most of the time (about 60-70% of it) was spent on learning about the U.S.'s history, states and capitals of each state. good thing we learned that, since I can only recall a few, the ones that are clues in crossword puzzles!
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Yeah, isn't that stuff the biggest waste of time? Why on earth is it important to learn all the capitals of the states? I know I had to learn it (of course, I can't remember most of them anymore). I'm pretty sure most people don't remember them either. Unbelievable waste of time.