I work at a university. I can agree with the author, and I also understand what he is saying because of my personal observations off this campus.
Young people who grew up on video games, cartoons, and TV sitcoms (AND who are graduates of public education as it is presented now days) understand history in a way that is, at best, limited, basic and very often biased. I picked up my cousin’s text book and I shocked out of my wits!!! There was not a single page without a graphic, usually a color photo.
These young people understand only what is literal. And to make the situation worse, they are NOT readers. My generation read books (not just text books) our entire lives...in grade school, high school and college. I can actually say that once I graduated from college, I read more than I did when I was a student. Most of what I know, I basically taught myself after graduation from college. My reading since graduation put a perspective on what college taught me and I am certain my college education would be worthless, if I had not continued to read on my own. Obama likes to pass himself off as an urbane personality and well-informed individual … I am certain he is NOT a reader!
Although that doesn’t mean he does not keep a copy of St. Augustine’s confessions on his nightstand...