derek | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 10 2008 | news, education, democracy, knowledge, internet, information
Quoted: Nearly half of a recent class could not name a single country that bordered Israel. In an introductory journalism class, 11 of 18 students could not name what country Kabul was in, although we have been at war there for half a decade. Last fall only one in 21 students could name the U.S. secretary of defense. Given a list of four countries — China, Cuba, India, and Japan — not one of those same 21 students could identify India and Japan as democracies.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 25 2007 | myanmar, news, burma, democracy
Quoted: The meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi was the first tangible response by the generals to pressure following an uprising.
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