Two weeks from now, July 4 th , marks the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I have pasted together a fractured chronicle of U.S. “history” from student bloopers collected by teachers from 8 th grade through college level. Read carefully, and you will learn a lot. Christopher Columbus was a great nagivator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic Ocean on the Nina, the Pinta Colada, and the Santa Fe. Later, Jamestown was discovered by King James the One and named after him. The Pilgrims drove the Mayflower across the ocean and arrived in hardships. This was called the Pill’s Grim Progress. The men wore pants that only came a little way past their knees, and