I really don't know what to say about this but thought I'd share it.
Winston Churchill didn't really exist, say teens
Source: Telegraph (UK) (2-2-08)
A fifth of British teenagers believe Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character, while many think Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur and Eleanor Rigby were real, a survey shows. The canvass of 3,000 under-twenties uncovered an extraordinary paucity of basic historical knowledge that older generations take for granted.
Despite his celebrated military reputation, 47 per cent of respondents dismissed the 12th-century crusading English king Richard the Lionheart as fictional. More than a quarter (27 per cent) thought Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse who coaxed injured soldiers back to health in the Crimean War, was a mythical figure.
Robin
2 comments:
It really is understandable. Schools today just have too much to do. While being politically correct and passing our children through their conveyer-belt education to turn them into automatons. It is obvious why they don't have time for trivial things like history, literature or thinking for yourself.
Noam Chomsky said "Mass education was designed to turn independent farmers into docile, passive tools of production" from Class Warfare,1995
Thanks for the comment! I think I owe you $1 for your previous post. Although since it was about the dog I guess I should send it to him!
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