Outrageous: Many young Americans have no idea who fought in the Civil War, and lots more.

The video at this link is one of a series, in which the interviewer asks young Americans (20-ish) things like "How many dimes in a dollar?"  "What state is Utah in?"  "Who fought in the Civil War?" "What language do they speak in Idaho?" "What's 3 times 3 times 3?" and so on.

And you may be surprised to learn that none of the people interviewed knew any of those answers.

Now I'll readily admit that the guy might have found lots of people who DID know, and only showed the ones who didn't.  Sure.

For the last 30-plus years I've tutored college students in all the really hard subjects, and if a student got to the session a few minutes before the start time (so we're waiting for the other students to arrive) I'd ask them questions just to see what the schools were teaching.

My students weren't as woeful as the people in the video, but many didn't know if a fraction like 85/230 was bigger or smaller than one.  Many had no idea who we fought in WW2, or who first described communism, or who flew the first powered airplane, or how many nations had landed men on the moon.

It was...how to put it?  A matter of some concern to me.  And I hope to every American.

So let's take a look at some possible explanations.  Two obvious possibilities.  First is that due to either environmental or genetic disasters, young people are getting dumber.  I seriously doubt that, and you do too. 

The second possibility is that "our" public K-12 schools are failing to teach the most basic skills and knowledge.  I think that's pretty obviously the cause.

But what's the explanation for that failure?  I think it's pretty obvious that K-12 in the inner cities is hopeless--beyond saving.  But outside the northeast and west coasts, I think most teachers are dedicated and hard-working.  The problem seems to be school boards ruled by liberals, and "woke" administrators (principals, superintendents and the myriad munchkins they hire) who are dedicated communists in mindset if not literally card-carrying.

For example, there are literally hundreds of videos of parents speaking at school-board meetings, trying to read a few paragraphs from books in the school library explicitly promoting and describing homosexual acts--only to be shouted down by some dip-shit board president bleating "You are not allowed to read that!"  Parent says "If it's so awful that you refuse to allow me to read it, what the hell is it doing in a school library where it can be read by 12-year-olds (and often by much younger students)"?

The board dipshit never answers that question.  Because the answer is, some dip-shit on the board approved that book, and they don't want to be identified.

As things now stand, even with a maximum effort it'll take 25 years to clear all the wokie saboteurs out of the school boards and school administrations.

If I had kids or grandchildren I'd say that was far too long, and too devastating for the country, and I'd look for a faster method. 

https://youtu.be/g2oMv93EUpY