NK - Yes Berengaria, I can document Santa Klaus!

[I. Marc Carlson]

<LUEHRSRM at centum.utulsa.edu>
>Well, I just asked my work study if she knew where France was and she
>didn't.  COurse she also things Alaska and Hawaii are in the Gulf of Mexico
>because that's where the atlat puts them when showing an entire map of
>the United States.

Ah, college students today...

You know, if Alton is right about his education-envy theory, I'm pretty
sure that the uneducated masses really don't have a lot to worry about
from the *average* college student.

>As someone who has had teaching experiences of all sorts and shapes in the
>last few years, never assume that questions are stupid merely because they
>seem obvious to you...

Well, actually, I was trying to make a different point, as seen by quoting
the material I did -- that Berengaria was being hypacritical about not 
using my "obscure" questions, I presume because they were "too hard".

Actually, I think some of them could be very educational in showing just
how *little* historians know about the details.

>And I would also take issue with the "most people can look up their own
>questions as well."  It comes back to not caring to or wanting to or, more
>importantly, not knowing where to look...

There's a big difference between "can" and "will", ma'am. 

>Can't tell I've started researching that diss, can you? :-)

As long as you aren't dissing the research...

Marc/Diarmaid
(BTW, Rowan, bad news:  As of yesterday, I have a three month check out period,
and will be attending a LOT more populace meetings...)