How important is the Declaration of Arbroath..

[Jock Scot]

This has been a really interesting thread. To get back to the original question,I doubt very much if many,very few, people in the UK could discuss the D of A and its aftermath to the depth that you chaps have been going. I venture to suggest that most people in Scotland(particularly in the Highlands) would not have a clue what you are talking about. I happened to be in the company of a large number of 16 year old students from the local High school and their teacher yesterday and NOT ONE, knew what the D of A was, NOT ONE knew of the later Scots/Irish connection and NOT ONE seemed to care. I suspect that if I had asked their parents the same questions, the answers would be exactly the same.

[macwilkin]

This has been a really interesting thread. To get back to the original question,I doubt very much if many,very few, people in the UK could discuss the D of A and its aftermath to the depth that you chaps have been going. I venture to suggest that most people in Scotland(particularly in the Highlands) would not have a clue what you are talking about. I happened to be in the company of a large number of 16 year old students from the local High school and their teacher yesterday and NOT ONE, knew what the D of A was, NOT ONE knew of the later Scots/Irish connection and NOT ONE seemed to care. I suspect that if I had asked their parents the same questions, the answers would be exactly the same.

Welcome to the education profession the world o'er.

T.

[Redshank]

Ignorance is Bliss the world over

[ThistleDown]

Nothing like checking it out at ground level. Who is at fault here, though? The teachers, the writers of curriculum, the parents, the students?

[macwilkin]

Nothing like checking it out at ground level. Who is at fault here, though? The teachers, the writers of curriculum, the parents, the students?

All of the above.

T.

[MacBean]

Nothing like checking it out at ground level. Who is at fault here, though? The teachers, the writers of curriculum, the parents, the students?

None of the above. I accuse Lost, 24, Project Runway, and the Beatles.

[auld argonian]

None of the above. I accuse Lost, 24, Project Runway, and the Beatles.

True...the crap that's on TV now makes the crap that was on TV back in the sixties look like Masterpiece Theatre.

Amazing how we have all of this access to all of this information and we STILL can't get people to learn anything.

Best

AA

[macwilkin]

True...the crap that's on TV now makes the crap that was on TV back in the sixties look like Masterpiece Theatre.

Amazing how we have all of this access to all of this information and we STILL can't get people to learn anything.

Best

AA

Again, welcome to my world.

T.