Pollak, Edward wrote: > > > A few weeks ago I gave an exam in animal behavior and asked a question > about "Kamikaze sperm." One student asked what species a Kamikaze was. > I then asked the next 4 students entering my office if they'd ever > heard the word , "kamikaze." The first three had never heard the word. > I'm convinced that the problem is that most students no longer read > for pleasure. Really? I bet if you ask them what a "suicide bomber" or an "IED" is, they'd have a pretty good idea (which is the rough equivalent in modern terms). Kamikazes are ancient history to today's student. *We* know what they were because they were a stock figure in many popular movies of our generations (asnd some of us may be old enough to remember them a mews items). But now they are as arcane as a hoplite phalanx or a Viking berserk.
Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ phone: 416-736-2100 ext. 66164 fax: 416-736-5814 ---
