Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 10, 2021

I failed history because I didn’t know when the War of 1812 was.

that classroom looks pretty spartan…

Spartan? Isn’t that the thing a Scotsmen wears in front of his kilt?

Those who don’t study History 101 are bound to repeat History 101.

I’d like a recording of that class to play when I’m trying to get to sleep at night.

They should have Gerry Butler as a guest lecturer.

“History is bunk.” Henry Ford quote, but one I agree with.

The Peloponese were not the winners, I presume.

The immediate and current events in U.S. politics and government are the direct result of some 35% or more Of Americans who don’t know, or fail to comprehend history.

Yes, but if you forget historians, you also repeat history class.

Those who don’t learn from History Class are of course doomed to repeat it.

In 1967-8 I took 8th grade U.S. History. The teacher focused on military history, troop movements, significant battles, drawing the various flags, etc., but never even addressed the causes and events leading into the wars. Military history has its own place but what that teacher did was useless.

Well, it was bound to happen…

Don’t make me laugh. Kids today aren’t taught their own country’s history, much less that of ancient Greece.