[OT] Are all students this stupid?

[Richard Brekne]

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Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> I gave the final exam to my Music Business class yesterday
> and one of the questions is "In the 1920 what three
> inventions brought music to the masses?". The answers were
> supposed to be: the radio, talkies, and the record player.
> Out of my 6 students only one got it right. But what was
> most disturbing was that three of them gave as one of
> their answers, the printing press
>
> Now I got to admit during one class session I mentioned
> that the printing press brought the printed word to the
> masses. But I know I didn't say in the 1920's?
>
> Are the students in Alabama the only ones so stupid, or is
> this a national phenomenon?

No, and no. I am afraid this is an international question of
great significance. Being a nearly complete << history aware
>> bimbo is, I am afraid, the least of our worries :)

>
> Wim



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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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