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.

 

9 responses to “Important Events”

  1. visitingmissouri Avatar
    visitingmissouri

    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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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Yeah, that was the answer I was hoping to solicit, but no such luck.

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  2. Evelina Anville Avatar
    Evelina Anville

    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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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      He wasn’t, right? Because I have already started Googling just in case I forgot something.

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    2. Evelina Anville Avatar
      Evelina Anville

      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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  3. Jonathan Avatar
    Jonathan

    Julius Caesar, obviously.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      I have to be happy that they at least know about Julius Caesar, right? 🙂

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  4. Jonathan Avatar
    Jonathan

    Shakespeare’s play JC is very commonly taught in high schools in this country.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Ah, now I get it! Well, at least this means they know Shakespeare.

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