Re: I wonder if the kids on sports scholarships fall in that category?
Often, yes. And they shouldn't. I have no issue with someone getting a scholarship to go to college school because they happen to be a good athlete. But good grief - they should know the basics. And if they failed to get that in the K-12 arena, that's the fault of the school system.
How Obama managed to get through college, and later law school, without a decent background in history, is particularly disturbing, because he is now in a position to make us ALL look stupid with an uncautious (and unresearched) remark.