From Sunday’s SF Chronicle, a column decrying the dumbing of America. Nothing new here except the specific examples, which are funny and sad at the same time. One short clip:
Only nine out of 31 know who John Kerry is. A couple of students think he is an actor, and one thinks he is a serial killer. None knows Karl Rove, our shadow president, though one student ventures the guess that he must have something to do with “Rove versus Way,” the famous Supreme Court case. Only two can identify the British prime minister; many guess that post is occupied by Prince Charles.
Maybe if Kerry is elected half of the remaining 22 will figure out who he is. Or maybe not.