Comments on: The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 3) http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/ Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-1088 100swallows Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:01:06 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-1088 Hey, Gloria, thanks a lot. I agree about those boring modern history books. I don't know how any kid would choose to study history OR literature OR art after "taking a course" in any of those fields. You are an artist: what do you think of art talk? Do you think anyone could ever like a famous painting because of the things most critics say about it? As for writing history myself, I enjoy it but right now I'm trying to practice what I preach over at my other blog http://100swallows.wordpress.com/ and I haven't enough time for both activities. How did that Roman ship come out? Hey, Gloria, thanks a lot. I agree about those boring modern history books. I don’t know how any kid would choose to study history OR literature OR art after “taking a course” in any of those fields. You are an artist: what do you think of art talk? Do you think anyone could ever like a famous painting because of the things most critics say about it? As for writing history myself, I enjoy it but right now I’m trying to practice what I preach over at my other blog
http://100swallows.wordpress.com/
and I haven’t enough time for both activities.
How did that Roman ship come out?

]]> By: gloria http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-1085 gloria Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:03:45 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-1085 I am an artist and never did well in history - with all the date memorization and it seemed boring to me the way all the authors wrote so "expertly" factual and unending ad nauseum to read and learn. The teachers were equally boring. Once we went on a field trip to see the house where Cornwallis signed the treaty that ended the war for Independence. Um, (id I get the right war?) Anyway it was some house and history came alive for an afternoon. I thought gee, I have been missing the point haven't I. Back for a test and more dates and uhhhhh. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed your story. I ended up reading it as I was looking for images of Roman ships because I have to draw one for a client. Conservative educators are clamoring(sp?) - oh no- history is being re-written and skewed in public schools - well true - but would someone rise up and make the truth interesting at least! GEEEZ. Why don't you consider it. Lots of parents out there would buy the books....$$$ the great motivator. Bravo gk I am an artist and never did well in history – with all the date memorization and it seemed boring to me the way all the authors wrote so “expertly” factual and unending ad nauseum to read and learn. The teachers were equally boring. Once we went on a field trip to see the house where Cornwallis signed the treaty that ended the war for Independence. Um, (id I get the right war?) Anyway it was some house and history came alive for an afternoon. I thought gee, I have been missing the point haven’t I. Back for a test and more dates and uhhhhh.

I THOROUGHLY enjoyed your story. I ended up reading it as I was looking for images of Roman ships because I have to draw one for a client.

Conservative educators are clamoring(sp?) – oh no- history is being re-written and skewed in public schools – well true – but would someone rise up and make the truth interesting at least! GEEEZ.

Why don’t you consider it. Lots of parents out there would buy the books….$$$ the great motivator.

Bravo
gk

]]> By: chump http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-509 chump Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:41:10 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-509 Wow. Wow.

]]> By: erikatakacs http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-283 erikatakacs Sat, 10 May 2008 01:58:40 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-283 Thanks for the drawing. It made it easier to understand the mechanism. Very simple and effective design indeed. Those Romans were masters of common sense. Thanks for the drawing. It made it easier to understand the mechanism. Very simple and effective design indeed. Those Romans were masters of common sense.

]]> By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-281 100swallows Fri, 09 May 2008 19:57:15 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-281 Thanks very much, Todd. Thanks very much, Todd.

]]> By: Todd Fillingham http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-280 Todd Fillingham Fri, 09 May 2008 19:20:21 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-280 Ahhh. Excellent series. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Ahhh. Excellent series. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

]]> By: The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 2) « Great Names in History http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-crow-or-the-first-punic-war-part-3/#comment-274 The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 2) « Great Names in History Fri, 09 May 2008 13:18:29 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-274 [...] « The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 1) The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 3) [...] [...] « The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 1) The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 3) [...]

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