My dad was one of those people who were NOT INFORMED about anything going on in the world around him globally or locally. He was in Germany in WWII but I don't think he was informed before that either. I knew that for several reasons. One, we never had anything I could use for current event assignments at school & my mom didn't drive so I always had to go to neighbors to get newspaper or magazine articles. I was always envious of the kids that knew what was going on in the world around them.

The sad part was that my dad would talk like he knew something when around other men who would be talking. He would give his opinion as if he KNEW that what he was saying was a factual account. Ugh, he was so embarrassing to be around at times like that. Lucky it didn't happen often. There is one thing to be uninformed & admit it but to pretend to be informed when it's only opinions from ones own uninformed mind....not ok because it's obvious to those who are informed.

Think his time in the army during WWII only made worse a condition that already existed