@thejessiekirk Primary school education designed to tick boxes to achieve minimal basic competence in pupils even with indifferent and unimaginative teachers.
When Cristoforo Colombo first arrived in present-day Dominican Republic in 1493, the Ciguayo people shot a bunch of arrows at him after he tried to extort an unfair trade from them.
Unfortunately, they didn't get him.
📷 "Columbus Takes Possession", L. Prang & Co., Boston, 1893