OK, this isn’t going well already. The very first response to the question “Which were some of the most important events that influenced our entire planet in the XX century?” was “The death of Princess Diana.”
How am I supposed to continue grading after this?
P.S. A question for everybody: who is this Caesar person that, according to a student, was assassinated after Kennedy and MLK?
P.P.S. “When women decided they wanted to have the right to vote, people disagreed.” I love the women vs people mentality.
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I don’t get it. I cannot think of one or two World Wide events, let’s hypothetically call them WW I and II, that could trump princess Diana’s death, so this must be a trick question.
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Yeah, that was the answer I was hoping to solicit, but no such luck.
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Are they thinking Ceasar Chavez???? He certainly led some important movements/demonstrations during the 60’s. But he wasn’t assasinated.
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He wasn’t, right? Because I have already started Googling just in case I forgot something.
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I did the same thing! I started googling to see if I missed something and Chavez was assasinated. I don’t think he was. Not according to wikipedia anyway. Sometimes students can trip you up and make you doubt your own knowledge. 😉
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Julius Caesar, obviously.
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I have to be happy that they at least know about Julius Caesar, right? 🙂
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Shakespeare’s play JC is very commonly taught in high schools in this country.
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Ah, now I get it! Well, at least this means they know Shakespeare.
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