I have a son that was in his senior year of High School, when we were watching the movie Apollo 13. He asked me why the U. S. didnt continue on and go to the moon anyway, after that little event. I then knew we were going to have to review some real history before he got out into the World.
It’s not the teachers as much as it is students that don’t care, and textbooks that have full chapters on Rosa Parks, and one paragraph on Thomas Jefferson.
These days people need to start taking their own education into their own hands. No more relying on nitwit teachers. If more Americans viewed high school as training for the real world then I am certain that they would likely be better off.
The real key is taking your life in your own hands and taking responsibility. These days too many young idiots view college as an extension of high school, meaning that professors are supposed to end up coddling and guiding them.
Sounds like your son wasn’t even paying attention to the movie. It makes it clear that it happened after we had already landed on the moon. The astronauts lament that nobody cares after the first moon landing.