I was a Sophomore in high school and somehow the news got to us (had to be by phone to the Principal's office). A girl was crying in the hallway between class changes and I asked her what was wrong. She said the President had been shot and my first thought as a 16 year old was and I said aloud, "you don't even know the President." She called me "stupid" and I thought "ignorant" maybe -- but not stupid. Wasn't a very nice thing for me to say. I apologized later.