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Old 12-22-2005, 11:18 AM   #1
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Enjoy this classic masterpiece of history...

http://jeffweintraub.blogspot.com/20...-with-joy.html

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During the Middle Ages, everybody was middle aged. Church and state were co-operatic. Middle Evil society was made up of monks, lords, and surfs. It is unfortunate that we do not have a medievel European laid out on a table before us, ready for dissection. After a revival of infantile commerce slowly creeped into Europe, merchants appeared. Some were sitters and some were drifters. They roamed from town to town exposing themselves and organized big fairies in the countryside. Mideval people were violent. Murder during this period was nothing. Everybody killed someone. England fought numerously for land in France and ended up winning and losing. The Crusades were a series of military expaditions made by Christians seeking to free the holy land (the “Home Town” of Christ) from the Islams.

In the 1400 hundreds most Englishmen were perpendicular. A class of yeowls arose. Finally, Europe caught the Black Death. The bubonic plague is a social disease in the sense that it can be transmitted by intercourse and other etceteras. It was spread from port to port by inflected rats. Victims of the Black Death grew boobs on their necks. The plague also helped the emergance of the English language as the national language of England, France, and Italy.

The Middle Ages slimpared to a halt. The renasence bolted in from the blue. Life reeked with joy. Italy became robust, and more individuals felt the value of their human beings. Italy, of course, was much closer to the rest of the world, thanks to nothern Europe. Man was determined to civilise himself and his brothers, even if heads had to roll! It became sheik to be educated. Art was on a more associated level. Europe was full of incredable churches with great art bulging out their doors. Renaissance merchants were beautiful and almost lifelike.
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At first I thought this was a page from the new NEA history textbook.

It does serve as a reminder that, with free speech, you often get what you pay for.
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Enjoy this classic masterpiece of history...

http://jeffweintraub.blogspot.com/20...-with-joy.html

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During the Middle Ages, everybody was middle aged. Church and state were co-operatic. Middle Evil society was made up of monks, lords, and surfs. It is unfortunate that we do not have a medievel European laid out on a table before us, ready for dissection. After a revival of infantile commerce slowly creeped into Europe, merchants appeared. Some were sitters and some were drifters. They roamed from town to town exposing themselves and organized big fairies in the countryside. Mideval people were violent. Murder during this period was nothing. Everybody killed someone. England fought numerously for land in France and ended up winning and losing. The Crusades were a series of military expaditions made by Christians seeking to free the holy land (the “Home Town” of Christ) from the Islams.

In the 1400 hundreds most Englishmen were perpendicular. A class of yeowls arose. Finally, Europe caught the Black Death. The bubonic plague is a social disease in the sense that it can be transmitted by intercourse and other etceteras. It was spread from port to port by inflected rats. Victims of the Black Death grew boobs on their necks. The plague also helped the emergance of the English language as the national language of England, France, and Italy.

The Middle Ages slimpared to a halt. The renasence bolted in from the blue. Life reeked with joy. Italy became robust, and more individuals felt the value of their human beings. Italy, of course, was much closer to the rest of the world, thanks to nothern Europe. Man was determined to civilise himself and his brothers, even if heads had to roll! It became sheik to be educated. Art was on a more associated level. Europe was full of incredable churches with great art bulging out their doors. Renaissance merchants were beautiful and almost lifelike.
It's an interesting piece of satire and quite amusing in parts!
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It's an interesting piece of satire and quite amusing in parts!
Sadly, it's NOT satire. Those are ACTUAL essay statements by Canadian students. Really.
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Sadly, it's NOT satire. Those are ACTUAL essay statements by Canadian students. Really.
. That is funnier than if it were satire!
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. That is funnier than if it were satire!
Exactly!
This is not a cut at Canadians who admitedly are easy (and fun!) to poke fun at.
US students would probably do worse!
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I get it now, having read it again. The essays were written, not typed, and therefore the spelling remained unchecked. Sadly, academic standards here are just as poor. Friends of mine, who are teachers, tell me that standards are getting worse. From that collection of essays, I would love to know what yeowls are!
"Theologically, Luther was into reorientation mutation".

"Louis XIV gave people both food and artillery". Now we know why the French Revolution was so successful!
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