Kids today...
I wish I had a good anecdote to support it, but I think 'kids today' suffer from a lack of general knowledge. They're good students and all, but I'm amazed at how many of them have no clue about stuff that I just figured you picked up and knew, FFS. Like when WWII was fought, or what the world's population is.
When I was teaching college a few years back, one girl said something about "... a billion Americans", and I threw it open to the class to give me a rough idea of the population of the US. Then I asked about the population of Canada. Then I asked a bunch of general stuff like "When was Woodstock?" and "When was WWII?" and "How long has the Queen been the Queen?". I think I went off on a bit of a tangent, but I was amazed at how many 21 year-old kids didn't know jack about, you know, stuff. I dunno. I can't help thinking that my dad would have slapped me in the neck for not knowing when WWII was.
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Kids today...
Are they really this stupid, or is this an anomaly? My friend, who is over sixty years old (which will be pertinent to the story in a second), was giving a lift somewhere to a 17-year old kids she knows. The conversation went something like this:
Kid: Are you going to see the Pope?
Ellen: (somewhat nonplussed) Why would I? (she's Jewish)
Kid: Well, he's the head of a major religion and Judaism is a major religion...
~silence~
Ellen: Do you know where you want to go to college?
Kid: Not yet, but I've been doing some research on a couple. What website did you use to find the one you went to?
Ellen: (too dumbfounded to speak)
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