Ignorance is as ignorance does

Journalism professor: Can anyone, for extra credit, give me two words to describe this day that will go down in history?

Silence

Professor: I’ll give you a clue — it has to do with President Bush.
Random student: “Mission accomplished!”
Girl #1 to her friend: Mission Impossible? What does Tom Cruise have to do with Bush?
Girl #2: Yeah, I know, that movie isn’t even out yet!

–Silver Center, NYU

Overheard in New York

Please note, this was a journalism class. These students are presumably the journalists of our future.