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As if on cue...

Benjamin Espen

Jun 26, 2009
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From our former colonial masters in the UK comes this news of many students not knowing the term "despotic tyranny" as used on an A-Level history exam. I especially like the many comments by students on Facebook that the word "despotic" never showed up in any of the required texts! How can you expect them to know a word if it is not in the notes?

The whole experience sounds much like a despotic tyranny...oh wait...

h/t Steve Burton

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