Not so much knowledge in history

[Tellos Athenaios]

Well thechnically, it was Franz Ferdinand who got murdered; not Sarejevo. Otherwise: 100% correct.

[Tristuskhan]

Well thechnically, it was Franz Ferdinand who got murdered; not Sarejevo. Otherwise: 100% correct.

Benefit of being french over 30, probably: history lessons were rather serious when I was a schoolboy.

Standarts went down fast since then.

[HunGeneral]

Well reading all this gave me many Ideas about what my me and friends used to think but I don't we were that horrible..

I think "knowledge" itself can also be influenced by the culture and Country or even Area you come from. I don't mean to say that peoples intellect is fully determined by the place they live in or were born. (there are more and less Intelligent people all over the World)

Like one of the teachers I know used to say: a given society has it's own values and information it considers important - like Middle or East- Europeans hold Geography and History as something one must know about (it helps them determine who they are and what there Origin is).

While others hold other kind of Information for important. He recalled that one of his Students from the USA wasn't sure in wich century the Reformation began - but that does not make him a retard. It's just that in the States not all people hold History as an overall important subject. (I don't mean to insult anyone from the US since I know there are many among them as well who are very interrested in History - as far as I know they mostly learn only there own History after the Discovery of America - sorry again if I'm wrong).