The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper recently gave a questionnaire to a group of 16- and 17-year old students, one of the questions asked them to describe World War II.
One of the answers was: "The head of the Nazis was a killer named Hitler whose evil partner, Mussolini, was president of the USSR. Ultimately, the war ended with the bombing of Iwo Jima and Hitler's suicide. Then a treaty was signed."
Said teacher Theresa Quindlen:"It's a bit disappointing, but maybe something will spark their interest, and they'll become future readers of history."
More likely, they'll forego history altogether and spend even more time listening to that shit that passes as rap music.
That said, it should be easy to convince them that when Fiddy Cent led the Gay Rights movement to power in the USA the British, led by David Beckham sparked World War 6 and bombed Palestine flat with a shovel. Then they all had a lovely dinner of cakes and buns..
