Subtitle: Not Just American Teens Are Dumb as a Box of Rocks.
This article is stunning in what it says about the British. Almost a quarter of them think Winston Churchill was a fictional character. Also, almost 60% think Sherlock Holmes was real. I love Great Britain and everything about it but this brings something to mind:
"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth should last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'" --Winston Churchill
Unfortunately, men still say that.
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Sometimes, there's nothing I can do but shake my head in surprise that should not be surprise, and wonder what in the world happened to the real world a/k/a the world where people actually use logic and know a few things.
And Son Number Two constantly whines about not needing to know anything about history...
For goodness' sake! The survey sample was 3,000 ... out of a population of 60,000,000!
If the interviewers went to the darkest regions of the unexplored inner city areas or the outermost reaches of the sheep farming Scottish/Welsh highlands, those responses would not come as a surprise to any savvy Brit. What can you expect of people who wear yellow wellies?
Anyway, I know Sherlock Holmes was real - I saw him on the telly the other night!
I'd be interested to see a similar poll in America. I fear what we might find out.
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