I have to chuckle a little bit when people on Free Republic wonder why the nation, as a whole, is ignorant about WWII.
For a kid in high school today, WWII is at least three generations away. It is a relevant to kids today as the Spanish American war was to my generation. If I was pressed, I could probably talk my way through an explanation of the causes for the SAW. But, I never spent for than a couple of classroom hours on it.
Let’s face it, the demographics of FR are significantly older than the nation as a whole.
“Let’s face it, the demographics of FR are significantly older than the nation as a whole.”
And a lot smarter, too.
;-)
“WWII is at least three generations away. It is a relevant to kids today as the Spanish American war was to my generation.”
I had a similar epiphany when trying to explain some aspects of the Vietnam War and the end of the military draft to today’s college students. That was as long ago to them as World War I was to me when I was in college.