You think it's sad that most kids think MLK advocated the abolition of slavery?

Question

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011401026.html

Answer 1

Wow! When I first read your question, I thought you meant elementary school kids, and for them everything is ancient history and they're bound to get confused. But no, 19% of *college* students think MLK is famous for abolishing slavery. That is truly sad!

Unfortunately, for too many people national holidays are just another day off, not a time to reflect on the meaning of the day or significance of the life of the person we are celebrating.

Answer 2

I think it's sad that so many young people have no idea what many of our forefathers stood for and why they became revered. A lot of people can't name the world leaders..our own vice-president, secretary of state, etc. History is not well taught in schools any more and the awareness of young people as to what some of the "heroes" of the world stood for is almost non-existent unless their parents created intellectual curiosity.

We have sacrificed heritage and belief of greed and electronic games. Britney seems to be more important that Rosa Parks or Eleanor Roosevelt. It is very very sad that youth is so ignorant of our history...even fairly recent history

Answer 3

Not only is that sad,...but it says nothing of our teachers, parents,..our culture.