An American in Britain
Jul. 3rd, 2014 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charisstomaSo a friend is going to be taking summer classes in the U.K. Today there was this post on Face Book:
Just explained secession of Southern states* to teenagers on a bus. In my defense: they were reading a book and sounded confused. Must.stop.teaching.total.strangers.
Cultural exchange. Drop a teacher into an environment where there's need, the good ones can't help themselves.
*For those not educated in U.S. history: Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States on November 6, 1860 - "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free..."
7 states seceded from the Union within 2 months forming The Confederate States of America.
March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America.
April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.
April 9, 1865 - Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules.
April 18, 1865 - Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.
In May - Remaining Confederate forces surrender. The Nation is reunited as the Civil War ends. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50,000 survivors return home as amputees.
December 6, 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
Just explained secession of Southern states* to teenagers on a bus. In my defense: they were reading a book and sounded confused. Must.stop.teaching.total.strangers.
Cultural exchange. Drop a teacher into an environment where there's need, the good ones can't help themselves.
*For those not educated in U.S. history: Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States on November 6, 1860 - "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free..."
7 states seceded from the Union within 2 months forming The Confederate States of America.
March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America.
April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.
April 9, 1865 - Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules.
April 18, 1865 - Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.
In May - Remaining Confederate forces surrender. The Nation is reunited as the Civil War ends. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50,000 survivors return home as amputees.
December 6, 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
