Don't feel embarassed
Posted by Anne on June 3, 2001 at 21:33:25:
In reply to: k, I'm embarassed now... posted by jenaye on June 3, 2001 at 06:22:11:
Hej,Don't feel embarassed about the story. Sure, it had some glaring
errors in it, but I think (and I had a long talk with another student
in my historiography - that's philosophy of history - class about
this, back when I was considering being an ancient near east grad
student) that unless you have a background in the particular subject,
you might not be able to see the errors. (Too bad for the woman who
came up with this "history" that we found it. Heh heh.) Anyway,
this student and I talked about the documentaries on Discover
Channel, the History Channel, A & E etc. and how they were full of
errors, but you wouldn't know it unless you'd studied it seriously in
school.
I do wonder why the author came up with what she did. If her story
is a reflection of her, I would think twice about doing buisness with
her.
On a slightly related note, a lot of textbooks that your kids are
using in schools have errors in them, not to mention a lot of
accepted mythology (stuff that didn't quite happen that way, but
we're not going to question it).
Anne
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Catherine Cartwright Jones 21:54:54 6/3/2001
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