Quote Originally Posted by Remco View Post
Well, we shouldn't blame people for not knowing, since most teachers don't know what they are talking about. Everything I know about history, mostly antiquity and WOII, I taught myself. But lets not be to hard on people who don't know about history. I bett I could ask you trivial questions on the subject of mathematics and physics and only a few would know the answer.
Not necessarily. Though the question "Who was Hannibal Barca?" relates to history it's so basic that everybody should know it. I immensly dislike the natural sciences (or the way they are taught at least) yet know what the letters in E=mc2 stand for, know Newton's laws of motion etc., but people who are into natural sciences rarely bother to learn even the most rudimentary historical facts. That can sometimes really piss me off. I'm not talking about being a history buff, I'm talking about the most basic knowledge everyone with some form of education should posess.