education gap

Two incidents in my accounting ethics class today reaffirmed to me that some accounting students are missing some crucial aspects of academic understanding. 

Professor: "What did Machiavelli write?"

Student: "The Little Prince"

Professor: Talking about Ayn Rand and her philosophical views

Another student: "Didn't she write The Scarlet Letter?"

I suggest the addition of a couple of extra literature courses to the accounting curriculum.