I was somewhat depressed to read this article in The Guardian which explains that British schoolchildren know even less about the world outside of their country than American kids. My depression was slightly lifted by the discovery that in fact Welsh, Scottish and Irish kids are better informed than their American counterparts, but they get dragged down by the ignorant English. Even so…

Hey, when I was a kid our teachers made darn sure that we knew a foreign language, and if I had ever gone on vacation to somewhere that they spoke Latin I’m sure I would have got on just fine with the natives.