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SusieQ_2 · ‎03-27-2012

@Perkup wrote:

@Goldengate8361 wrote:
Ignorance isn't limited to one age group.

Unfortunately you're right, but I'd bet it you asked those same questions of someone over the age of 60 you'd get nearly 100% correct. You have to wonder, just what are they teaching in schools now. And that includes college. So why aren't we teaching these things to our children at home?

It's good to know an extra forty years of living and experience teaches us something!

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

That's exactly why I have always said that December 7th will not live in infamy, contrary to what President Franklin D. Roosevelt said.

Even what happened on 9/11 will loose its importance.

Those dates won't have the same meaning to future generations, as it does to those who lived through those important dates.

I think it's because they don't have an emotional connection to those dates.

They may have a distant relative who was at Pearl Harbor, or fought in WWII, or was in N.Y.C., when tragedy happened, but, if they didn't actually know thoses people, then I think it's harder for them to relate to the significance of the dates.

I think when our grandchildren have grandchildren, it'll all be but forgotten.

I don't know if anybody ever watched the segment "Jay Walking" when Jay Leno was hosting the "Tonight Show", but it showed just how dumbed down this country has become.

Susan in California · ‎06-02-2014

Do you remember Jay Leno's "Jay Walking"? He would go out

asking general knowledge questions of people walking around.

Many of the people were tourists--adults of all age groups, races

and ethnicities. He would ask their education level, and many, many

were college grads; some claimed to have Masters degrees.

Questions like:

What country is bordering the northern part of the US?

What two states are separate from the first 48?

Who is our current VP?

Name as many justices as you can on the SCOTUS.

What are the names of the oceans on the West / East coasts?

What continent is France located in?

When was WWI, WWII?

Most of the people could not answer the questions--it was incredible. One

gentleman, who claimed he was in management in a large company,

was thrown off by most of them. And he was probably about 55.

As a former educator myself, I can tell you that these things are still taught in school! I'm not sure why people don't learn/remember. I suppose memory is

selective, and many people are just not interested. Who knows?

I know when I was growing up, my dad and mom loved talking about

all sorts of things at the dinner table--I learned so much at home from them.

Just an aside: My son told me a friend of his had a girlfriend studying at

UC Berkeley who didn't know who Bob Dylan was. He

was amazed by that as well.

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

It's sad. It's so important to talk about current events with young people

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@bri20 wrote:
It's sad. It's so important to talk about current events with young people

Too many young people don't see what happened on December 7th, or on 9/11 as a "current" event, unfortunatly.

Mellie32 · ‎03-13-2010

I remember having to explain what a "census" is and how to pronounce it to a fellow teacher.

Goldengate8361 · ‎01-27-2014

Sorry to deliver the light of truth to you....but talking about how ignorant a younger generation is.....is so "cliche" Abe trite. As people get older, they always talk about how a younger generation isn't as smart as them.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@Goldengate8361 wrote:
Sorry to deliver the light of truth to you....but talking about how ignorant a younger generation is.....is so "cliche" Abe trite. As people get older, they always talk about how a younger generation isn't as smart as them.

Sorry, not taking the bait - go fight with someone somewhere else.

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

These youth-bashing threads come up so often here.

Think back to when you were 20 years old. Did you know or care very much about 100 year old history? Could you have named two SCOTUS? Did you have details about pop stars of your parents or grand-parents era? Yes, I had a good working knowledge of the Civil War, but I doubt I could have given you the exact years it was fought when I was 20. I knew who the president and VP were but that's it. I couldn't have named any cabinent members. At 20, I had other things on my mind. It wasn't until later that I started paying attention to that kind of stuff.

You do realize that Jay Leno only puts the dumb answers on TV, don't you?

You do realize that not everything on the internet is true, don't you?

Our generation has it's own "dumbness".

Science deniers.

Gossip believers

Blind trust in media accuracy

It's silly and arrogant to expect a 20 year old to be interested in the exact same things I am interested in at 60. I've got 40 years of experience on them. Their time will come.

~Enough is enough~

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@mstyrion 1 wrote:
These youth-bashing threads come up so often here.

Think back to when you were 20 years old. Did you know or care very much about 100 year old history? Could you have named two SCOTUS? Did you have details about pop stars of your parents or grand-parents era? Yes, I had a good working knowledge of the Civil War, but I doubt I could have given you the exact years it was fought when I was 20. I knew who the president and VP were but that's it. I couldn't have named any cabinent members. At 20, I had other things on my mind. It wasn't until later that I started paying attention to that kind of stuff.

You do realize that Jay Leno only puts the dumb answers on TV, don't you?
You do realize that not everything on the internet is true, don't you?

Our generation has it's own "dumbness".
Science deniers.
Gossip believers
Blind trust in media accuracy

It's silly and arrogant to expect a 20 year old to be interested in the exact same things I am interested in at 60. I've got 40 years of experience on them. Their time will come.