I remember when I was back in university. As part of my English degree, I was told that I had to take two languages. Literally, different languages, not just something that was culturally different (a couple of friends not in English got away with courses about the French language’s cultural impact, rather than having to [...]
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The CBC published a news article about how Canada’s youth scores a measly 18% on a Canadian history quiz. Everyone is aghast at the marks — are we truly that bad at our own history?
Of course we are. Because we haven’t the ability to appreciate it.
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- Offline. Need to pull serious hours to recover lost time. (via Twitter)
- New stuff! Hangin’ out in Panama http://tinyurl.com/4mofyn (via Twitter)
- New stuff! San José Airport is no fun after 20:00 http://tinyurl.com/4hf4qn (via Twitter)
- Flight to Panama is in four hours. I feel like I've got a death sentence or something... (via Twitter)
- @schill You guys have too much time on your hands... ;) (via Twitter)
- @schill Um... WTH... Panda?? (via Twitter)
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- @Armano You forgot beer. (via Twitter)
- @rosemaryl They use me as a baseline for themselves. (via Twitter)
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