How important is the Declaration of Arbroath..

**Redshank** · 8th April 10, 03:59 AM

Ignorance is Bliss the world over

**ThistleDown** · 8th April 10, 10:28 AM

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** · 8th April 10, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by 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?

All of the above.

T.

**MacBean** · 8th April 10, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by 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?

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

**auld argonian** · 8th April 10, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by MacBean

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** · 8th April 10, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

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.

**RB51** · 8th April 10, 01:41 PM

Although I was not the most attentive student 40-some years ago, I still remember fondly some of my teachers who tried to drum the really important stuff, like history and literature, into my skull. Thank you cajunscot, and any other educators that we have on the site, for what you do. Even a little bit of understanding goes a long way.

Laurie

**ThistleDown** · 8th April 10, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Again, welcome to my world.

T.

Sad, Todd, very sad. The school I attended used (and still does) the highest common denominator as the bar, not the lowest. Off topic, so to get back: you will see from Jock's post that the Arbroath has relatively little meaning in Scotland today.

Rex

**BoldHighlander** · 8th April 10, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

Originally Posted by ThistleDown

Sad, Todd, very sad. The school I attended used (and still does) the highest common denominator as the bar, not the lowest. Off topic, so to get back: you will see from Jock's post that the Arbroath has relatively little meaning in Scotland today.

While I think its sad that the Arboath has little meaning in Scotland today, I think its a sadder commentary that so little of the country's history is known (or cared about) by the nation's youth

Mind you, this is not singular to Scotland, haven't we all laughed & shook our heads at the ignorance of our own American citizens when quizzed by Leno on the streets about historic (as well as daily) events?