FRACTURED HISTORY
An English teacher at St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire, writes the syndicated column, Looking At Language. In one of his columns, Mr. Lederer shows some bloopers from the eighth grade through college freshman level English classes he has taught. Again, let me stress that these are real statements from real students. These bloopers show the havoc students can wreak on the Bible and western history. “History calls people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long. At Roman banquets, the guests wore garlics in their hair.” “Joan of Arc was canonized by Bernard Show.” “In 1658, the Pilgrims crossed the ocean, and this was known as Pilgrim’s Progress.” And from the Bible: “The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible — Guinesses: Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.” “God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Montezuma. “Jacob, son of Isaac, stole his brother’s birth mark.” “Moses went up…
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