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24.4.2008
I’m sure you all have seen the studies decrying the new lows of American high school students. It’s even made it’s way to the national magazines and news here, where the German asks in shock if it can possibly be true that 1/3 of American high school students do not graduate.
There was also much shock expressed at the inability to identify Adolf Hitler. This led to a greater discussion of whether or not Adolf Hitler is the most well-known name in the world. The German believes so, I tend to disagree, however, I am unable to offer any alternatives aside from Britney Spears. While Google Trends agrees, I’m not sure it’s the most accurate predictor.
So, fair readers, any thoughts? Who would you say is the most-recognized person in history? And I mean real history – sorry, J.C.
ghandi? m. l. king? harry potter? phew. tough one…
I had suggested Napoleon, but the German thought that was too euro-centric. Ghandi is good though – I wonder if he would pass the high school student name-recognition test!
i think ghandi would probably be a good bet. it usually helps when there’s a movie out there about the person…
Jesus wins in a landslide. Setting religious figures aside for the moment, what about JFK (an American worthy of competition with Britney), Churchill, Stalin, Genghis Khan, and/or Shakespeare. I have my doubts whether Gandhi would win this battle.