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"could help you connect with your childhood, boost your brainpower and remind your kids just how clever you are" --Irish News, July 2008
"It covers everything we should remember from school but don't" --The Western Mail, 24 June 2008
"amusing but useful... I am not the only one planning to keep it on my desk to avoid any intellectually embarrassing moments" --The Scotsman, July 2008
"[an] entertaining rag-bag of a book, a sort of cocktail of half-remembered things from your schooldays" --Birmingham Evening Mail, September 2008
"It covers everything we should remember from school but don't" --The Western Mail, 24 June 2008
"amusing but useful... I am not the only one planning to keep it on my desk to avoid any intellectually embarrassing moments" --The Scotsman, July 2008
"[an] entertaining rag-bag of a book, a sort of cocktail of half-remembered things from your schooldays" --Birmingham Evening Mail, September 2008
Essentials, July 2008
A fun and witty collection of snippets of information we 'used to know' from school.
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85 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'd forgotten how much I'd forgotten,
By Meerkat (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School (Hardcover)
I loved this; it's easily digestible, with some nice touches of humour. But as well as reminding you that you used to have a memory, it fills in the gaps when you were looking out of the window as the teacher explained simultaneous equations, or The American War of Independence. What's so great about this book is that it doesn't talk down to you - it assumes that everyone forgets things now and again. But perhaps it has an interesting role for the younger reader, too. What did you do at school, mummy? This...
46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
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What is photosynthesis?!,
By Dotty May "May" (Sheffield) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School (Hardcover)
Apparently, like loads of other people, I go around thinking that I still know everything that I learnt at school, when in fact, I bet I can't remember half of it, and it wasn't even that long ago! When someone actually asked me to tell them what photosynthesis was I found that I no longer knew anything more than 'it's how plants live and something to do with carbon dioxide and green stuff in leaves'! And more disturbingly all my basic maths skills have also got lost somewhere in the depths of time. This book is a godsend to anyone who wants to be reminded of all these skills so that you no longer feel like a dunce at the pub quiz or just generally really, and it also has loads of things that I was never even taught at school which are of genuine interest. It looks so nice on your shelf too that its a good one to buy for awkward relatives and friends - as long as they won't be insulted!!
63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Stuff,
By Mark R. (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School (Hardcover)
I bought this book for my Dad, trying to look clever whilst reminding him he is old. When he started asking me if "I knew this or that" I realized how much I had forgotten from school, and I made a complete fool of myself.
I asked my father to lend me the book now! I needed a quick read through, but he wouldn't let me have it!! Great fun. Mark
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