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.
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The set up is not my favorite. I read about 30 pages and and pretty much all the things talked about in those pages I knew them, mostly from school. So nothing shocking or blow your mind secret. Don’t bother reading this.
Review of Kindle edition
Publication date: May 1, 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse
Language: English
ASIN: B00872FQZ2
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 8122
177 pages
In his preface, Mr. Reich wrote, “In college, I remember alienating a few professors by frequently asking “How can we be sure?” or “Where is it written and by whom?”
Good questions which we should …
It’s a light, fun book to read.
Book was educational.
I thought I’d learn something new but there wewe only one or two items that I didn’t already know. A waste of money!
Well researched, but not interestingly written. It was promised to be humorous, but I missed that if it was present in most of the book. It seems to be very well researched, but then how can I know? It may all be lies and myths again. My suggestion is to skip to Part III – Pundits (the last few pages of the book). There is humor there, but it is …
Very disappointed.
I thought it was boring. I like myths and don’t care if they aren’t true.
Great read. Very informative and interesting.
So many things have been taught as true that this book exposes as false. Fascinating and educational!
Good book – more reinforcement for the idea I’ve always had that much of what I learned about history in school was simplistic or sometimes outright propaganda. As an adult I had to re-educate myself.
IT clearly debunks many of the things that you were taught. It does this clearly and with a sense of humor thrown in.
I knew most of the facts.
Who knew??
Neat information
I really liked it you’ll know more after you read this book
Although I thought this was a book about the trouble with schools, which it is not, I loved the information and trivia in it.
Yeah, all the stuff you didn’t know about history. I highly recommend this book, each chapter discusses a different historical occurrence or person and the reality of what happened. Amazingly informative. Did you know about Helen Keller after she was an adult? Do you know about the African American community in the south in the early 1900’s …
The format would make a better daily calendar than a book – each entry is very short and without much interesting discussion or background.
I enjoyed the full and valid explanations of the lies and half truths that pretend to be education in todays schools.