Friday, March 21, 2008

History? What history?

You knew there was a reason for No Child Left Behind - they were all being left behind in the Hollywood Screen Writers Guild. A significant reason behind American Children failing in History is the obsession Americans have with entertainment, rather than education.

While some of these movies were simply enjoyable, I would like to point out a few items not mentioned by the author:

1. The Battle of Sterling Bridge had a bridge. The Scots stopped painting themselves blue when they stopped being Picts (oh, maybe 700 AD). -braveheart

2. Oh, by the way, we were fighting over taxes and representative government. --the patriot

3. I find it annoying that Hollywood thinks that they need to have a woman wearing armor and beating on people for her to be seen as powerful. --the golden age

4. Roman women, no matter their class, did not wear clothing like that. --gladiator

5. Sparta was not a democracy. That was Athens. -300

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I find it annoying when they take a science fiction movie that came out in 1968 and was about the then future (2001) and find problems of accuracy with it....