Among the British public she aroused fervent admiration and intense dislike in almost equal proportions, but in the world beyond she was recognized for what she was: agreat, creative stateswoman who left the worlda better and more prosperous place, and whose influence will reverberate well into the 21st century.
Once we get past our school years with standardized tests and regular percentage grades, we emerge into the adult world where, to agreat extent, we get to determine what is important to us.
You've really got to not just be aware of the other great places in the world, but be very familiar with them and have a perspective on what it means to operate there.
More important I would say to create agreat deal of good in the world that Berners-Lee has done, dispensing with of course whata few have spawned with the bad things on the web.