It's Not Just Miss South Carolina

Posted Aug 30th 2007 1:53PM by TMZ Staff

Caitlin Upton should feel very proud today. It seems she's not the only young person in America who appears to be a little less than informed. Christian activist and author Mark Dice dropped by San Diego State University to see how many of tomorrow's leaders know what year 9/11 happened.

Apparently, the unsuspecting >students couldn't quite remember. Perhaps if Mark had given them a hint -- like the year the Mariah Carey's cinematic masterpiece "Glitter" was released, or perhaps the year that Britney Spears' "Slave" song topped the charts. Come on Mark, give 'em somethin' to work with! It is understandable though, that collegians would be more likely to remember the last time Britney had a hit rather than the day that changed America forever. Oh Brit Brit! Ding Dang!

Over 2,700 people lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

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1. WTF has happened since i graduated from high school.

Posted at 1:20PM on Aug 30th 2007 by jed

2. Thats sickening how can someone just not know that!?

People in other countries even know that!

Posted at 1:24PM on Aug 30th 2007 by ME

3. Maybe if more people remembered the past we wouldn't be so doomed to repeat it.

2001!!!! How can you not remember that?? It changed the landscape of one of our greatest cities forever let alone set a series of events in motion that we're still fixing today! I'm just flabbergasted at your stupidity.

Posted at 1:25PM on Aug 30th 2007 by SoSickofCelebDrama

4. thats really sad and pathetic.

Posted at 1:26PM on Aug 30th 2007 by Teresa

5. TMZ -- This is a non-celebrity story.

I might as well pick up the newspaper rather than risk getting fired, yet again, for loggin onto TMZ while at work. Stick to celeb-news and make it work my while, would ya'?

Posted at 1:39PM on Aug 30th 2007 by 3x Fired For Logging Onto TMZ.com

6. You'd be suprised how many Americans don't even know the words to the Pledge of Allegiance!!! Pitiful.

Posted at 1:39PM on Aug 30th 2007 by justpeachy

7. A christian activist..? As dangerous as a muslim fundamentalist that.

Posted at 2:34PM on Aug 30th 2007 by Webbster

8. I love how you guys can turn a tragedy like 9-11 into a Britney story.

Nice work harvey.

Posted at 2:46PM on Aug 30th 2007 by Scoop This

9. what does "ding dang" mean???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Posted at 2:58PM on Aug 30th 2007 by kenny

10. maybe the problem is that not enough u.s. americans own calendars?

Posted at 3:05PM on Aug 30th 2007 by take dat betches

11. This really pisses me off. Maybe because I live in NY, I dont know, but I will never ever forget that date.

I think the kids in school today are too interested in what's not important than what is really going on in the world. We lost more people that day than we did at Pearl Harbor!

AND TO THINK, THIS IS OUR FUTURE GENERATION

Posted at 3:10PM on Aug 30th 2007 by Irene

12. To think that that was taken at a university campus. Tuition gets climbs higher.... the standards fall lower. .

Posted at 3:12PM on Aug 30th 2007 by amber

13. come on how can you not know that 2001...people like that need to be shot or dump on an island and left thier to rot.

Posted at 3:12PM on Aug 30th 2007 by Ariel

14. wow this country is in serious trouble.
todays youth is more concerned with celebrities news than what is going on in the real world.
this makes me sad and extremely concerned for our country.

Posted at 3:14PM on Aug 30th 2007 by UH Oh

15. So sad..and these morons are in colleges or university ...pathetic really

Posted at 3:17PM on Aug 30th 2007 by fridgeee

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