Australia?
Isn't that where all the criminals live?
(*grin*)
On 1/30/08, derekp62@surfnetc.com <derekp62@surfnetc.com> wrote:
> Had my high school teacher tell me the Montreal was
> the capital city of Canada!
> Oh mon Dieu, the rest of you Canadians are saying. It
> was probably a French plot.
> She argued with me when I told her it was actually
> Ottawa....even after I told
> her I was a Canadian!
> Brought in an Atlas the next day and she apologized
> and corrected herself.
> I still remember having to memorize the capitals of
> every US state, Canadian Province,
> European and South American country, and a smattering
> of Asian capitals as well.
>
> That was elementary school too!
>
> Derek
> Los Gatos, CA
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> >From : shop@justbrits.com[mailto:shop@justbrits.com]
> Sent : 1/30/2008 4:38:15 PM
> To : healeys@autox.team.net
> Cc :
> Subject : RE: Re: [Healeys] Famous Healey People
>
> <<Hopefully the views of most of us have changed
> over the years.>>
>
> It's not the "views" of pre"baby boomers", we LEARNED
> in school!!<G>
>
> Gen xers, Gen yers and current crop of students may
> NEVER find Oz )mores the
> pity). If you want examples, Jay Leno's "street"
> interviews are VERY
> revealing!!!
> It is AMAZING what even SCHOOL TEACHERS have NO clue
> about!!! I'm sure that
> either on his site or NBC, clips would still be
> available.
>
> Unfortunately, quite "educational"<sigh>!!
>
> Saw a "pro" Driving Instructor with "student" at the
> wheel (just past Sat.)
> turn FROM a 4 lane street LEFT onto 4 lane street and
> student went directly to
> curb lane!! ILLEGAL, but that's haw our "new"
> drivers" are being taught!!
> What do you think goes on INSIDE the school???
>
> Amazing, simply amazing and a REAL SHAME!!
>
> Ed
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