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<p>Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>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</font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>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?</font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Are the students in Alabama the only
ones so stupid, or is this a national phenomenon?</font></font></blockquote>
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 :)
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<br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Wim</font></font></blockquote>
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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