Posted by noa on March 28, 2003, at 18:58:35
In reply to Re: Hi, Shar. » shar, posted by beardedlady on March 27, 2003, at 9:05:03
Hey, I can top that.
In grad school about 15 years ago, one Friday night I went to movies with two classmates after working on a project together. We saw "Glory". Halfway through the movie, one classmate pokes me and asks, "What are they fighting about?" so I answered "it's the Civil War." A few seconds later, she asked, "what was that?" After I realized she wasn't joking, I gave her the total grade school version--you know--the South had slavery, the North wanted to abolish slavery, etc. She said, "Oh."
In the car afterward, she asked more questions. Believe it or not, this woman had graduated from high school in the northeastern US, had attended college and earned a bachelors degree, and was one month or so shy of a masters degree, and had no idea what the Civil War was. My other friend kept looking at me funny as he drove because he couldn't beleive it either.
It was rather scary in a way!
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