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One thing I am passionate about is teaching kids...specifically in the areas of Meteorology and programming. In my younger years, that is ALL I cared about, but now as I am getting older and have kids of my own, I am much more interested in learning about history and I want to make sure my kids are not just passionate about computers and weather like their dad, I want them to be excited about history.

The other day I was playing some of my old records, uh, I mean MP3's on my Roku Sound Bridge when Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" started playing. My kids LOVED it. They kepts asking me to play it again and again.

So, I decided that we should have a contest to see who could be the first one to be able to learn all the words AND what all the history is about. Turns out that teachers are using this all the time to get their kids excited about history. Here is a great site with all the links to historical information.

http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm

Util we read the actual words, my one son thought that Billy Joel was saying "Choclate in the sewers" instead of trouble in the suez. :)