I just read this tweet, which claims that the author’s nieces and nephews (who are teenagers) think that Helen Keller probably didn’t exist, based on basically not believing things they can’t directly verify. (The author seems to think this is a common thing for today’s American teenagers.)
This is more extreme than I would have predicted, although in a direction I would have predicted. I have no idea if this is in fact true and common (vs made-up/exaggerated and/or uncommon.) Is there anyone here who knows some American teenagers (or other teenagers, really) and is willing to ask them about this for me?
I just read this tweet, which claims that the author’s nieces and nephews (who are teenagers) think that Helen Keller probably didn’t exist, based on basically not believing things they can’t directly verify. (The author seems to think this is a common thing for today’s American teenagers.)
This is more extreme than I would have predicted, although in a direction I would have predicted. I have no idea if this is in fact true and common (vs made-up/exaggerated and/or uncommon.) Is there anyone here who knows some American teenagers (or other teenagers, really) and is willing to ask them about this for me?