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by wonton2 2986 days ago
I had this game with my friends where you are supposed to guess who you are (name on a note on your forehead). I wrote Bill Gates on a note, thinking that would be easy, and none of them knew who he was before i explained it. They are not stupid people and all of them have higher education. Just none of them in a technical field, also not americans.
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In contrast, the Chinese high school students I met who signed up for free low-quality English lessons did know who Bill Gates was, though they didn't know the name "Microsoft".