[ArtDodger]

I bet they could ace a test on how to get a free abortion or why Alternative Gender Studies is a necessary course for today’s students.

[cripplecreek]

Yet conservatives are considered to be ignorant and uneducated.

[arthurus]

Most or all of those kids went to public school. People who care for their children as other than fashion accessories will keep them out of public school. There are no exceptions to that, not any more.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

NEVER AGAIN!...

(will kids hear about it)

[hinckley buzzard]

For several years the Intercollegiate Studies Institute gave a civics quiz on campuses around the country. Students in the Ivy league saw their scores, never high, decrease from freshman to senior years. Yes, they actually got dumber as time in classes at places like Penn increased.

[FreeperCell]

I think we have some work to do.

[ClearCase_guy]

"Oh my God, I know the answer but I don’t know how to explain it.”

I need to feel good about myself. I just know I'm smart. I just know I'm a good person. I need to constantly maintain a positive self-image. Now, mind you, I have absolutely nothing to back up any of this -- but I'm not sure that matters ... I mean, I voted for Obama, so, like, obviously I'm really smart, and really a good person, so ...

[556x45]

Idiocracy isn’t a thing of the future or of movies, its here today.

As one of the comments noted it could happen again, here. Its quite believable too.

[ProudFossil]

And the sad thing is their teachers would not do any better.

[jboot]

When I had US history way back in 1981, a short film on the Holocaust was presented out-of-context and without comment on the second-to-last day of school, after finals. Some of the kids in my class had heard of it, and a few of us were history nerds that were already annoyed that the curriculum omitted any instruction about World War 1 or World War 2, other than to note that large numbers of women entered the work force during WWII.

So it doesn't surprise me that they avoid teaching it now.

[556x45]

I wonder if Fink-Whitman sees abortion as genocide...would be interesting to note since shes all about educating us and future generations so we can’t let denial creep in.

[DoodleDawg]

The problem with videos like this is you have no idea just how many people she asked who knew the right answer. Were the historical morons the exception or the rule?

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[Yorlik803]

There are pages in textbook dedicated to slavery,opression of American Indians and black radicals. They teach that the founding fathers were all just old white guys who just loved money.
No surprise that they would gloss over the killings by a Socialist regime, just they never teach about the mass killings by Stalin, Mao and pol pot.

[Night Hides Not]

My 11 YO son was shaken up while playing football last Saturday. No surprise, he plays guard and usually gives up 20-30 pounds on his opponent.

I went down to the sideline, and one of the coaches told me they were sitting him for a few plays as it was a helmet to helmet hit.

To make sure he was ok, I asked him 3 questions:

What happened on June 6, 1944? D-Day...check

What happened on March 6, 1836? Battle of the Alamo...check

What happened on Nov 22, 1963? I had to give him a hint, because we haven't spoken that much about JFK's assassination. I told him I was in 4th grade...click.

I told the coaches he was good to go. His teammates had a look of awe...I guess their dads aren't history buffs.

As to the Holocaust, I got all the teaching I needed from two trips each to Dachau and Flossenburg concentration camps. I could literally feel the evil that remains at these two sites.

[verga]

Amazing.

[gattaca]

I was expected ignorance, but not this level.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

UGH. To think, they are allowed to vote.

[skinkinthegrass]

"Hey Man...Don't rain on (expose) my extreme ignorance...
AND WHERE'S MY BONG!!!?"

Those whom don't learn from history, are likely doomed to repeat it.

[I still care]

This is all part of the plan. You can’t inoculate kids against tyranny if they have no understanding of what’s gone on in the world over the last few thousand years.

In my readings about the founding fathers I am amazed of their grasp of history. That’s one of the things that brought them to greatness. We are so dumbed down, and anything can be done with the young people because of this.

My son’s school history book on the pilgrims began with a chapter on how women had no rights. True story.