[Lexinom]

That's the most ominous implication of Bauerlein's findings. An uneducated citizenry is handy for ambitious politicians but disastrous for the welfare of a republic. At best, the Dumbest Generation might be remembered as useful idiots. At worst, as Bauerlein puts it, it could be remembered as the generation that lost the great American heritage, forever.

They don't give a ##ck. As long as they've got their little Myspace page, their little earphones, their little insignificant and meaningless world --- who cares?

[Swiss]

Hell given the chance most generations is like that. 90% of kids don’t want to learn fractions and read Moby Dick be it 1955 when they was into hot rods,rock and roll and drive in movies or today.

The big difference was that the baby boomers had to learn things in school or else. Now that the baby boomers are the teachers, principals, and professors they have let the education standards slide in the name of self esteem and other education fads. These kids isn’t going to be picking up this stuff on their own, they have to be educated.

This generation isn’t dumb it is ignorant.