I quote from a NYTimes piece on a focus group, asking Americans about various topics.
The first response when Nixon and Watergate is raised:
"I don’t think it gets taught enough. My high school students, when they think of Watergate, they think it’s a new shower head or something. It’s a time in our history that shows the demise of a leader who was taking advantage of the American people, as well as the government itself. I’ve never heard the kids coming home and saying, “Oh, we learned about Watergate.”
My wife and I roared with laughter.
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