Studying the wrong ancient Roman ruler gets Australian high school seniors out of a history exam

[Jilly_in_VA]

Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar.

The students in Queensland ended up being exempt from the statewide exam on Wednesday while Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said he would investigate the mix-up, describing the experience for the students as “extremely traumatic.”

Since the error in the curriculum was discovered on Monday, schools applied — and were granted — an exemption from the exam for their students, even as panicked high schoolers were cramming about Julius Caesar’s exploits as a Roman general and statesman.

“I’m very unhappy about the situation,” Langbroek told reporters in announcing that the 140 seniors affected by the mix-up would not have to sit the exam.

Langbroek said he would ensure those students were “not disadvantaged in any way.”

https://apnews.com/article/australia-roman-history-exam-high-school-3d39f66e38327d45f91ab236d90728d5

[wcmagumba]

1. You say Caesar, I say salad with extra mushrooms, ham and egg slices...and a Coke please...

[sdfernando]

3. The students could study salad

and find out that the Caesar Salad was created (invented?) right across the boarder, in Tijuana Mexico in 1924. The creator named the salad after himself.

[generalbetrayus]

2. They should all just be grateful that they don't have to live under the dictatorial rule of the U.S.'s

Orange Julius Caesar.

[LudwigPastorius]

4. They were going to teach them Sex Education, but...

the kangaroo died.

[Aristus]

5. High school students? I knew the difference between Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus when I was around eight.

Nothing a little reading can't fix, guys.

I also roll my eyes towards those toxic alpha-bros who are crowing about their newfound interest in Ancient Rome. I've been studying Ancient Rome nearly all my life; and not because of the toxic stuff.