Tonight, my wife and I went out to dinner. During the meal, the waitress came to check on us and asked how we were doing. My wife said we were talking about the D-Day commemoration we saw on TV earlier. The waitress looked confused. My wife said, “D-Day? June 6, 1944, Word War Two?” The waitress said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t know what that is.” She wasn’t a teenager or a bubblehead in her twenties, but a woman (she admitted) in her fifties.
How long ago did they stop teaching history in school?
@johnldeboer If you think that everyone has the same level of education......something something a mirror to reflect.
@johnldeboer Think of how smart the average person is and then half that.
@MrGoat If intelligence includes curiosity about the world, its history, and current events, I agree with you. The waitress in question certainly lacked that.
@MrGoat Well, whether she even went to school is actually beside the point. I don’t specifically remember learning about D-Day in class, but how can anyone who has a TV not know about that momentous day? It comes up every year, and there are countless movies that have at least a passing reference to it. So my wife and I could hardly believe her ignorance of that date in history.