The History of Leith

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May 28, 2005

How Scottish perceptions have been damaged

YOU report (May 26) that a spokeswoman for the Scottish Executive, in response to the absence of a Scots history question in the recent Higher Modern History, says: “Scottish pupils need to know about what happens outside our borders.” She fails to explain why.
What on earth is the use of knowing about other lands when Scots pupils are not taught or examined in depth about their own land? How can “lessons be learned” when they have no Scots yardstick to compare?
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