[Rutabega]

A few years ago, I was sitting on the beach with my husband. We were next to three people (two guys and a gal) in their mid to late twenties. All three were particularly loud, and we understood they were in med school in Raleigh, NC. One man and the woman were apparently getting married and talking about their imminent honeymoon. They said they were going to Greece and the woman said excitedly that they were going to an island. The second man asked with wonder, “are there any islands in Greece?” the couple answered very pleased that there were, and that they hadn't known that, either.
Needless to say, my husband and I were shocked that these buffoons had somehow gotten into a fairly prestigious medical school without the basic understanding that Greece ‘had some islands’. Total idiocy.

[Lucky2]

I can one up everyone here, I work for an international freight forwarder. We move freight in cargo containers world wide. Most of the young kids who come to work don’t know the difference between Australia and Austria. We’re now in the process of training the entire team as to what countries are in Asia as opposed to Europe etc. It’s pathetic how these kids have no knowledge of geography, history, spelling or know how to construct a simple sentence without it reading like a text message. Most are simply illiterate and can barely speak English and they were all born here! I’ve even had to explain to a team lead what communism is. It’s like hiring kindergarten students but we pay crap so this is what we end up with!