Quote Originally Posted by Jack Daw View Post
The details and differing POVs of history are available for those that want to learn it. Grousing that the common man on the street doesn't know his history is like a physician complaining that the regular Joe doesn't know the difference between a virus and bacteria.
That is easy to say, but from my perspective as a history teacher, when your students do not have the basic knowledge for an entry-level survey class in American history, it makes it very difficult to teach a more expanded view of the subject.

T.