A friend of mine went to his umpteenth law school reunion a couple of weekends ago.
It wasn't a diploma mill law school. It was a law school that is ranked among the best in the country.
During one of the gatherings the moderator asked the assembled attorneys, "How many of you dated Marina Oswald?"
My friend, who had spent a lot of
time with her, stood up, along with a couple of his friends, one of
whom had introduced him to her.
She was a celebrity of sorts on the campus while she was there.
The young dean of the law school
was in attendance and he approached my friend following the event to
ask, "Who is Marina Oswald?"
My friend answered, "She was Lee Harvey Oswald's wife."
"Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?" asked the dean.
Earth to the generation behind me. Anybody home?
geeze thats pretty bad
ReplyDeleteI wish I hadn't known the answer to that question. God, I feel old right now. Tina http://journals.aol.com/onemoretina/Ridealongwithme
ReplyDeleteNot old. Educated. Mrs. L
ReplyDeletefor real?
ReplyDeletedid they trade stories about wifey?
OMG........say it ain't so! There is NO excuse for a dean of any law school not to know who Lee Harvey Oswald was. EVERYBODY should know that......shouldn't they? Anne
ReplyDeleteAnother embarrassing moment for American history...and furthur validation of how badly our education system has been compromised to the masses. When I graduated high school, there was such a need for teachers that the standards were lowered to allow more people in. Even at that young age I could grasp what an impact that would have later on... ;) C. http://journals.aol.com/gdireneoe/thedailies
ReplyDeleteEven I knew that and you can't get any more ill-educated than me (or should that be uneducated - see what I mean?)
ReplyDeleteTilly
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Just one more nail in the coffin, m'dear.
ReplyDeleteLee Harvey, who? ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh Mrs L....Even I from the UK knew that.....Ally
ReplyDeleteMy best mates an OSWALD ....jeez if the dean didnt know that the next generation is toast ! If nothing else did he never see oldman in J.F.K ?
ReplyDeleteSheeeesh....give the man a text book x
What scares me is this is the generation that is going to take care of us when we are in the nursing home.......
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