tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post4293501422182892615..comments2023-05-03T07:58:23.272-04:00Comments on Sunsets and Sundays: The Truth About Christopher ColumbusA Girl Without A Namehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-66257691928613973822014-10-20T16:08:35.442-04:002014-10-20T16:08:35.442-04:00I'm so glad you enjoyed my post :)I'm so glad you enjoyed my post :)A Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-38575700212513597952014-10-19T08:56:52.092-04:002014-10-19T08:56:52.092-04:00Thanks for sharing this! I really learned somethin...Thanks for sharing this! I really learned something knew. It's nice to know that there are bloggers who do post about history and things like these. :)<br /><br />Sammie<br /><a href="sammiethestargirl.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">sammiethestargirl.blogspot.com</a> || <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12149049" rel="nofollow">Bloglovin</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505104589357520629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-59487116523966777522014-10-17T15:53:00.409-04:002014-10-17T15:53:00.409-04:00That's so fascinating that your country's ...That's so fascinating that your country's curriculum gives another guy credit for discovering America. I find it so strange as to how religious oriented your public school is, while in America almost any type of religion brought into public schools is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Generally if parents are looking to give their kids an education with a religious background they simply enroll into a private school (as 90% of private schools in America are religiously based). <br /><br />It's so interesting as to how different the world is! A Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-73856190067553168482014-10-17T12:12:42.563-04:002014-10-17T12:12:42.563-04:00I really enjoyed your perspective on Christopher C...I really enjoyed your perspective on Christopher Columbus, because I've always wondered why he is celebrated as the man who "discovered" America rather than merely stumbling across it.. He was basically the grandfather of colonisation and third-world exploitation, and I didn't know he concluded that the world was pear-shaped, but that sounds exactly the like something "one of his sort" would come out with.<br /><br />On a side-note, history students in Ireland do learn about Christopher Columbus, but St Brendan is actually the accepted discoverer of America amongst religious people. Most of the things they teach in Irish primary schools are myths and fables, so it is no surprise that we learned about a devout monk rather than Columbus! The full, epic saga of St Brendan you will see that it includes sea monsters, volcanoes, singing animals and several demons, so I don't know why we only learned about the pious-praying part. But that's public schools for you!<br /><br />Great post :)chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250284566920150134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-37757421102590099632014-10-15T20:58:02.873-04:002014-10-15T20:58:02.873-04:00While I wrote this post I kept wondering to myself...While I wrote this post I kept wondering to myself how much people from other countries know about Columbus and your comment helped answer my question haha! I completely agree about the confusion surrounding the fact we give him a national holiday. Crazy how America work. *sighs*A Girl Without A Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888264509066332683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347402080811679626.post-52790564825890833412014-10-15T09:07:45.462-04:002014-10-15T09:07:45.462-04:00I didn't know something like Columbus Day exci...I didn't know something like Columbus Day excisted, until I started doing research for a school assignment about Native Americans. I was looking for some memes so my assignment wouldn't be one depressing heap of facts, when I found this thing from Some ecards that said: Let's celebrate Columbus Day by invading your house and eating your food! (or something like that, it was a long time ago). I don't understand why this man deserves a holiday, I really don't understand... -_-"Envyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340236336535717116noreply@blogger.com