h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I don't know how World War One is taught in the UK or all the other countries that our researchers are located in, but in the US it definitely gets covered very briefly and is really confusing. I think kids sort of have a feeling that war is STUPID anyway but the weird politics of defense treaties and all that and no direct cause of this action MAKES NO SENSE at all. How governments can be dumb enough to let good portions of their male citizens engage in this mass slaughter? For glory? For prestige? I don't think ANY of the countries participating in this activity WON anything. It was a thoroughly horrible waste of energy and human lives.

Be that as it may in the US we had very little time to take all this in. Teachers had spent way too long in dwelling how we won our freedom from King George and what terrific documents like the 'Declaration of Independence' and the 'Constitution of the United States' were. And then there was the Civil War and there was very little time left for recent events of the twentieth century. Our school year was too short for all of that even though it might have helped the baby-boomers understand a bit more of what our parents and grandparents had gone through.

Evidently the United Kingdom is going to be talking about the Great War this year as it has been 100 years since it ended. In the BBC news magazine there is an article describing 10 inventions that came of the First World War that are still making a difference to our life now. I think that most of these would make interesting Guide Entries. Here is the BBC link:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26935867

Let me know what sort of takes you have on World War One or how it was taught to you in school. The devastation it worked in the UK and Europe probably made it feature more highly in history as it is taught there since America was rather made a late contribution to it. However the stupidity of the 'powers' involved in it tend to make it rather embarrassing to governments---but they can't deny that it occurred.

I can't actually remember it being taught in history lessons while I was at school ? if it was, it very little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

1969 and "THEY" still don't listen today

it is the 100 year anniversary of the start of the war A21605979 it lasted until 1918.

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