British Educational Failure
A survey of 3,000 under-twenties Britians found that:
- 20 percent thought Sir Winston Churchill is a fictional character
- 47 percent believe that the 12th-century crusading English king Richard the Lionheart is fictional
- 27 percent thought Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse who coaxed injured soldiers back to health in the Crimean War, was a mythical figure
- 65 percent) believe that King Arthur existed and led a round table of knights at Camelot
- 58 percent believe that Sherlock Holmes was real, and actually lived at 221B Baker Street
- 51 percent believe that Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest, robbing the rich to give to the poor
- 47 percent believed Eleanor Rigby was a real person rather than a creation of The Beatles
When you get all your information from television, movies and video games, there’s no telling what you’ll end up believing.
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