Lies They Teach in School
Exposing the Myths Behind 250 Commonly Believed Fallacies
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3.3 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
It is a cliché that history is written by the victors, but what we accept as history is replete with stories of great men and events that either never happened or didn’t happen the way we were told they did. Such items are taught in schools. They are passed down to us by our families and friends and have become part of our shared cultural knowledge. And they are wrong. Touching on a number of topics— including history, current events, government, sports, geography, and popular culture—Lies They Teach in School exposes errors that have been perpetuated for far too long. It will enlighten and entertain. It will certainly start a number of arguments, and settle a few others.
Customer Reviews
It’s a stretch
It seems like he had enough material for a pamphlet - but not a book, so he filled the rest with “known facts” that I’ve never heard in my many years on the planet and education from 2 respected universities. For example: “Cleopatra was Egyptian” is one of his falsities. Many, many things have been said about Cleopatra, but her ancestry is something that 1. Doesn’t matter, and 2. Is generally not discussed.