Bennett’s Report Card

“Two-thirds of American high-school juniors surveyed recently did not know that the Civil War was fought sometime between 1850 and 1900. One-third could not point to Great Britain, West Germany or France on a map. And one-half had never heard the names Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin. . . .�

“Remember, these are 17-year-olds--one year short of voting age.�

Thanks to these quotes from the article by Secretary Bennett, after all these years, we finally know why Ronald Reagan got elected.

PAUL V. CROWN

Oxnard