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.
@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.
@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.
@johnldeboer In the old days many schools used history class as a place to stash football coaches. Instruction consisted of memorizing names and dates. Students "learned" that history was boring and useless.
Florida has taken it to a whole new level, erasing all history that doesn't flatter white people.
@johnldeboer Reagan started the defunding in public education so if she’s in her 50s the math is showing it is working
@johnldeboer . Southern red state?
@TR_forester6291 What’s the context of your question?
@johnldeboer
Pretty selfexplanatory.
@TR_forester6291 I’ve had several posts the last few days, so don’t know which one - if any - you’re referencing.
@johnldeboer . You do know if you click the post, you'll see the list of posts. Of course Since you're a troll, you know this.
@TR_forester6291 So I’m a troll now? What’s with the insult? Never mind. Goodbye.
@johnldeboer 💔 Depends on where you live, I think, I am from Cali graduating class '85 I remember a general going over of it but nowhere near what I learned from my mom's love of books !