[Newsbot]

Title: Kids think Hitler was German football coach: poll
Category: World
Posted By: Robair
Date: 2009-11-06 08:36:39

[TuavDan]

Jeez, maybe more emphasise should be placed on history. Less on "Shakespeare" or whatever useless crap is taught, that only a person with an "English Major" understands. "History repeats itself," so keep teaching it.

[PENATRATOR]

Typical of the media, misleading title. Look at the percentages, the vast majority know the truth, they make it sound like ALL the kids are clueless.

[GreenTiger]

Is this a joke?

[Scape]

http://www.erskine.org.uk/news/general-news/

Quote:

Some of the most interesting results include:



* One in six believe Auschwitz is a World War Two based theme park
* Only half correctly said D-Day was the invasion of Normandy - a quarter believing it was 'Dooms Day'
* A quarter thought a nuclear bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour which spurred America's involvement
* One in 20 think the Holocaust was the celebration at the end of the war
* One in 10 think the SS was Enid Blyton's Secret Seven, not Hitler's personal bodyguards
* One in 12 think The Blitz was a massive cleanup operation in Europe after World War Two

My not have been intended as a joke...

[martin14]

Scape wrote:

http://www.erskine.org.uk/news/general-news/

Quote:

Some of the most interesting results include:



* One in six believe Auschwitz is a World War Two based theme park
* Only half correctly said D-Day was the invasion of Normandy - a quarter believing it was 'Dooms Day'
* A quarter thought a nuclear bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour which spurred America's involvement
* One in 20 think the Holocaust was the celebration at the end of the war
* One in 10 think the SS was Enid Blyton's Secret Seven, not Hitler's personal bodyguards
* One in 12 think The Blitz was a massive cleanup operation in Europe after World War Two

My not have been intended as a joke...

Thats pretty pathetic,

but I wonder if our kids are any better; somehow, I don't think they would be.

[Regina]

martin14 wrote:

Thats pretty pathetic,

but I wonder if our kids are any better; somehow, I don't think they would be.

I thought you were leaving?

[Choban]

I can tell you my kid knows better.
I gotta wnder though, the #'s probably match with the failing grades in other subjects as well, I think Pens right and it's a bit misleading.

[raydan]

martin14 wrote:

Thats pretty pathetic,

but I wonder if our kids are any better; somehow, I don't think they would be.

I thought you were leaving

[WDHIII]

martin14 wrote:

Thats pretty pathetic,

but I wonder if our kids are any better; somehow, I don't think they would be.

Hey werent you leavin?

[Brenda]

Actually, I think this is quite funny...

Quote:

One in 10 think the SS was Enid Blyton's Secret Seven, not Hitler's personal bodyguards

I am sure that if you ask my kids out of the blue what SS is, they would come up with something from TV...

[Arctic_Menace]

Wow, that's bad...

[Benn]

The generation that forgets is the one that will get duped by another charismatic nut bar........?

[Mr_Canada]

Ouch.

[Mr_Canada]

Benn wrote:

The generation that forgets is the one that will get duped by another charismatic nut bar........?

Looks like I got a shot.