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- From: crdunlea@rodan.acs.syr.EDU (Christopher R. Dunlea)
- Subject: Re: Large lecture sections
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.174545.6012@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <4185.9301241532@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 17:45:45 EST
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- In article <4185.9301241532@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> Christopher Currie <ccurrie@CLUS1.ULCC.AC.UK> writes:
- >>
- >Especially as the question has been so phrased that none of the answers
- >offered is right.
- >
- >As every schoolboy knows, William defeated Harold at Battle, not
- >at Hastings. That the battle has been known as the 'battle of
- >Hastings' since the 12th century or earlier is one of those
- >nuances that multiple-choice questions can't expose. You can't call it
- >the Battle of Battle without sounding silly.
- >
-
- Well, you'd be surprised what many schoolboys DON'T know. Anyway,
- Hastings is used as the modern term by historians when speaking to
- non-historians. I could have called it the Battle of Senlac, but for
- clarity of illustration I used a term recognizable to EVERYONE in
- this network. And remember, if a student is taking a history
- multiple choice, they are NOT in the upper division courses and
- would certainly not appreciate the nuance you cite.
-
- (I toyed with the idea of adding "e: none of the above", but decided
- against it at the last minute).
-
- Chris
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