You got that right.
We just witnessed the congress, president and supreme court all endorse a bill that specifically limited free speech and provided for fines and jail time if a person dared exercise certain forms of political speech at certain times in an election cycle. We have witnessed several states pass "hate crime" laws that punish unpopular thoughts and the supreme court has upheld these laws.
High school students being ignorant of our rights is the least of our problems. A majority of our government is just as ignorant (or just don't care) of our constitution.