12th April 2007, 12:37 PM
I see what you are saying, but it's because it is much more accurate and informative to read historical text books, which is what school is supposed to provide.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)