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(28,785 posts) Thu Oct 9, 2025, 04:39 PM Thursday

A student came up to me after class yesterday [View all]

And asked me, "Did you know that the Alamo is actually in TEXAS?"

I said, "Yes." (Wondering where this was going).

"All this time I thought it was in SPAIN!" he exclaimed.

I was a bit dumbfounded, "No, it's in Texas."

"Yeah! I was just really surprised!"

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I had been talking about El Greco that day. I guess that's what prompted him to share that intel with me.
Gee, what are they teaching kids in K-12 these days?
I can't even remember when I learned about the Alamo, but it certainly wasn't in college!

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A student came up to me after class yesterday [View all] Coventina Thursday OP

And remember that the Alamo - a symbol of freedom - rurallib Thursday #1

I wonder if he heard about the Alhambra as a child yorkster Thursday #2

That's what I was wondering. mwmisses4289 Thursday #4

I'd say probably. There are actually a number of names of pkaces in Spain soldierant Thursday #17

Blame Wikipedia. Too much knowledge! usonian Thursday #3

I was in my small town Kansas college choir, we did a performance in Moscow, Kansas on a tour... wcmagumba Thursday #5

Ask a Missouri school kid to find the following places: lastlib Thursday #7

Everyone in the Boston area knows that Kansas City is in Saugus Mass. usonian Thursday #11

Don't forget Hayti (pronounced HAY-tie) RazorbackExpat Thursday #31

well in a sense it was in Spain dsc Thursday #6

Holy crap! One of the most disheartening displays of woeful ignorance I've ever heard of... 3catwoman3 Thursday #8

"If English was good enough for Jesus, It's good enough for me." 3Hotdogs Thursday #19

Sometime before I was 12. Ms. Toad Thursday #9

Not too long ago I ordered a book on the Alamo PCB66 Thursday #10

In fairness, when I was in H.S., the history book went up to WW2. 3Hotdogs Thursday #22

I think he meant the Alhambra Mblaze Thursday #12

I bet he doesn't know who John Wayne is either ToxMarz Thursday #13

I recall reading about the time Johnny Gacy and Jeff Dahlmer were having lunch together.Jeff asked John, 3Hotdogs Thursday #18

I watched the John Wayne movie many decades ago. mackdaddy Thursday #14

Cool trivia on the Alamo Brother Buzz Thursday #23

Learned about it through Davy Crockett on the TeeVee NBachers Thursday #15

King of the Wild Frontier! Coventina Thursday #16

That was a teaching moment - your student was curious FakeNoose Thursday #20

Was this student from Texas? TexasBushwhacker Thursday #21

History is woefully mistaught nowadays.... WarGamer Thursday #24

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Thursday #32

I hope you gave him the most important information about the Alamo. Xavier Breath Thursday #25

That was a fun movie. Woodwizard Thursday #28

Indeed. Xavier Breath Thursday #30

Classic! H2O Man Thursday #33

I was eight when I learned about the Alamo Bavorskoami Thursday #26

I swear, our cartoons were more smartly written than children's programming as the years progressed. badhair77 Thursday #27

My Parents Took Me To The Alamo When I Was 10 ProfessorGAC Thursday #29