I did without looking it up. The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
This past summer I met a guy who’d never seen Pulp Fiction.. Freaked me out.
I must confess, I’ve only seen one or two clips from it. One was the injection scene, and the other had dancing. From what I saw I don’t think it’s my type of film, so I won’t be seeking it out. Sorry to freak you out!
The OP referred to major historical events.
The assassination of JFK, despite being very public and very tragic, it was barely a ripple in history.
You want a day that changed history, try 3 July 1988…
This led directly to multiple acts of terror, including 9-11. Which, you have to admit, is a rather BIG historical event.
Now, before you google it… Tell me what is so special about 3 july 1988.
Please elaborate on the link to 9-11. I am especially curious because 9-11 was, in some sense, a Sunni effort, whereas the Shia are the ones pissed about July 3, 1988.
When I was a senior in High School, my class read, “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The book made mention of the Kaiser. A girl in my class asked, “Is the Kaiser Hitler?”
The teacher just looked at me and asked, “JB99?”
So then I had to explain the difference between the Kaiser and Hitler.
Yeah.
I like to think the teacher knew the answer and was just giving me the chance to show off. The thought that he genuinely didn’t know makes me sad.
Did everyone stand up and clap?
Noooooooo!
And I don’t think I’ve even seen Baker’s “one or two clips” from it!
I think that movie was Scary Movie 3.
I had to google that date. OK. terrible event.
What acts of terror were caused/influenced by the July 3 event? Iran had nothing to do with 9/11/01.
The US and Iran have been locked in a cold and occasionally hot war for 40 years. What makes July 3 special?
I that happened in one of the Scary Movie sequels; Simon Rex played the clueless white guy.
When I lived in my old town, I patronized a small craft store whose owner said she sometimes had groups of homeschooled kids come to that store for “socialization.” The kids she encountered (mostly girls; boys probably socialized in other ways) almost always lacked more than basic reading and math skills, did not have an age-appropriate knowledge of current events, etc. They knew the Bible inside and out, and that was pretty much it. She’s a devout Christian herself and knew families who homeschooled, but had never met people like this until they came into her store.
I’ve also heard that some of the boys who were raised in some Muslim madrassas (is that the right word?) are like that - they have memorized the Koran, and that’s ALL they learned in school.
I saw it when it was in the theater, and wished I hadn’t.
And I LIKE entertainment that’s disturbing, at times. I thought “Pink Flamingos” was hilarious, if that tells you anything.
I’m just lucky we were at the age where they stopped beating people up.
I Know a few extremely conservative Christians who have never seen a lot of American pop culture. No Star Wars. No Star Trek. No Harry Potter(OK technically it’s British pop culture.). No Marvel Comics. No DC comics. No Simpsons. No South Park. No rock music. No rap music. Pretty much no music that isn’t explicitly Christian.
No movies like Pulp Fiction that are violent or vulgar. It’s incredibly hard for me to relate to them considering how divorced they are from mainstream American culture.
My old pastor, who is Caucasian, had previously preached at a church in an area of Pennsylvania that had a significant number of Sudanese refugees, and unfortunately also a sizable Klan presence. He said that in Sudan, Christians would often write their sins on a cross, which they would then burn - and yes, they were planning to burn it upright. :eek: He had to explain to them why that would not be a good idea, especially because they were black themselves, and in the end, they placed the cross on a bonfire.
Some people, or families, are just plain old not interested in things like this, entirely separate from any religious beliefs, or cannot acquire them for other reasons. One thing teachers often have to quickly learn is to never assume anything about their students, and one of the most common assumptions is that everyone watches TV. That’s not the case.
And I’ve met people who are clueless on Star Wars.
Often it take s a visit to another country or even state to find out about history.
I had no idea Hawaii was an established country who’s king traveled the world before the US took it over. Also the song “A loha Hoi” was written by the last queen when she was in prison.
But then many Hawaiians had no idea where Kansas City was.
When visiting Canada, well… let’s just say before that I “assumed” the Canadian 1800’s were like America’s and they also had a “wild west”. But no. Canada was quite “boring” then. They had no Wild Bill Hickocks or Dodge Cities and barely any major indian conflicts.