New Study Shows Kids’ Gaffes On Moon, Mars
March 20, 2008
Hey Andy, did you hear about this one?
A new survey of children commissioned by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in conjunction with the Royal Astronomical Society shows that one out of three children between the ages of four and ten-years-old believe that Winston Churchill was the first man to walk on the moon.
The study questioned 1,400 British primary school children between the ages of four and ten-years-old and the results were somewhat horrifying. Besides the Neil Armstrong gaffe, two in five of those surveyed believe that Mars is simply the name of a chocolate bar.
“It’s a bit of a worry to find that children don’t know who the first man on the moon is, let alone that they don’t know who led the country to victory in the Second World War,” said Gavin Quirk of Walt Disney Studios.
“And I think it is definitely time to get back to the classroom if our school children think of Mars firstly as a chocolate bar.”
Additionally, one third of the kids were unaware that Earth is an official planet.
On Thursday March 20 I visited a Sainsbury store where I made some purchases, my purchases came to £26.66 so I tendered £30.0 then the attendant informed me that “there was no 1p or 2p coins so he would have to round down my change, I asked him what he meant and he told me that instead of giving me £3.34 he would have to give me £3.30, I asked him if it was the policy of Sainsbury’s to steal money from people as effectively that is what they were doing, and he told me that he was told to do that. I then suggested that it might be a better idea if he was to ask me if I had 1p and then he could give me £3.35, he did think about it for a while and then agreed, so I gave him the 1p and he gave me my £3.35 and off I went. When I got home I tried to call the store but it seems they were too busy to answer the phone, however I did send an email to Sainsbury’s home page and so far have had 3 emails to let me know that someone will reply to me soon, the time now is 6.46 on Saturday 22 March and strangely enough I have not heard from anyone yet.
Well, we can see what it was all about now, dont blame the pupils, blame the Education authorities directed by the Government.
Sir Winston churchill was one of Great Britains bravest and most important Politicians ever.
If he had not insisted on warning of the threat to our life and future before and in the 2nd world war, the teachers and pupils of today would not have even been born.
Get the curriculum back on course and tell the new generations the truth and why we have the freedom, just, to enjoy our lives, and not be under the rule of dictatorship.
That is on the way, but if education is channeled truthfully and correctly, the new generations will be equiped to fight this threat.