On 5/1/07 9:07 PM, "Brian Robinson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I had a 19 year old sophomore ask me in class today, "Who was Nelson Mandela?"
> I was so shocked I must have made her feel like an idiot with my reply that
> she should read up on him.
>
> I was so disturbed that I put together an informal 5 minute survey for my next
> class of freshmen and sophomores. I showed photos of the following people on
> the screen and asked them to give me their names. There were 16 in the class.
> Here are the results...
>
> Photo 1: Nelson Mandela
> Results: 2 Nelson Mandela, 1 Muhammad Ali, 1 Colin Powell, 1 Barak Obama, 11
> Did not know.
>
> Photo 2: Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker
> Results: 4 Archie, 12 Did not know
>
> Photo 3: George H. W. Bush
> Results: 9 George H.W. Bush, 1 Bob Dole, 1 Richard Nixon, 5 Did Not Know
>
> Photo 4: Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford
> Results: 1 Redd Foxx, 1 Samson, 1 Regis, 13 Did Not Know
>
> Photo 5: Jimmy Carter
> Results: 6 Jimmy Carter, 10 Did Not Know
>
> Photo 6: Margaret Thatcher
> Results: 1 Margaret Thatcher, 1 Nancy Reagan, 1 Sandra Day O'Connor, 13 Did
> Not Know
>
> Photo 7: Winston Churchill
> Results: 3 Winston Churchill, 2 Alfred Hitchcock, 1 Marlon Brando as the
> Godfather, 10 Did Not Know
>
> Photo 8: Prince Charles
> Results: 5 Prince Charles, 2 Ronald Reagan, 1 King Charles, 1 King of Wales, 1
> Prince Williams, 6 Did Not Know
>
> Photo 9: George Wallace
> Results: 1 Richard Nixon, 1 John Gotti, 14 Did Not Know
>
> Photo 10: Ghandi
> Results: 10 Ghandi, 1 Muhammad, 5 Did Not Know
>
> So Ghandi is the best known, GHW Bush number 2 and George Wallace the least.
> Archie Bunker is better known than Mandela, Thatcher, and Churchill.
>
> B
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Great survey.
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