Rotunda Response

One rotunda project (among the many other wonderful ones) that really stood out to me was Laura Kesnig's "Get the Facts". This board showed what many honors students that you and I roam the halls with knew, or perhaps didn't know, about issues that relate to the country we live in. I was surprised by some of the results. It's a bit unsettling that a percent of the so called brain trust of ESM doesn't know who the vice president is. 

This board made me think about how many people today make assumptions or form opinions when they are not even apprised of the situation at hand. I saw this video once (linked below) that really reminded me of her project. It featured an Australian news person going to America and asking Americans questions. Some of the questions are silly and just to make you laugh, but a lot of them are things that have to do with politics and foreign affairs. At one point he tells people that he is the prime minister of Australia and people go with it. Though the video humors the "Dumb American Stereotype" that other countries perceive, it does make you reconsider how much you think you know, or it at least sparks a sudden interest in who the prime minister of Australia is. (It's Tony Abbott.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5I4oY7zj-w