50 Things You Didn't Learn in School But Should Have (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

50 Things will let you in on the stuff that your high school teachers did not have time to teach you - or did not want you to know.On what is covered in history class..."Some high school students also get a year of world history, but that is usually contained in a "World Cultures" class, which goes into great detail about village life in the Amazon jungle, but does not tell you a lot you need to know to understand the sweep and grandeur of world history." On democracy..."The Romans, always stealing from the Greeks their best ideas, came up with the Roman Republic, which had senators representing the interests of groups of voters. This, of course, worked great until Julius Caesar came along and made the place a dictatorship." On corporations..."Corporations respond to demand for what they sell. If there is greater demand, they hire more workers. When demand lessens, they lay off some workers. It's called the business cycle, not "the evil corporate plot to abuse America's workers."Read this, and you'll learn:The US is not a democracy.Electric cars pollute.Corporations don't pay taxes.The United States did not lose the Vietnam War.All the important world news used to be covered in 15 minutes. Deaths in the US: Ted Kennedy's car - 1; US nuclear power plant accidents - 0.Guns in civilian hands save many more lives than they take.It's meant to be provocative; it's meant to be an education. But mostly, it's meant to be fun to read. So have fun, enjoy, and learn something you probably didn't know.