Quote:That fact is relevant how? You claim you dislike "government indoctrination centers" but lament that graduates don't know this useless bit of government indoctrination. Who cares what the year was. How is knowing that useless piece of information a litmus test on any level whatsoever?

 

Quote:Most of them got the speaker of the house, and as for the date of independence most of them were put on the spot to answer a question about a date, and froze.  Doesn't that happen to pretty much everyone?  We see all sorts of gaffes from politicians of all kinds.  And those politicians pretty much spend their lives being ready for being on camera.  I'm sure it had also been a long time since they studied the American Revolution given that they were graduating.  Something that likely hadn't been on their mind for a while.  

 

 

Here is another example from some college "educated" people.

 

Here is another example of how much people know (or don't) about our past presidents.

 

Here is another one done by a college student on her campus.  What is sad is that they all knew what show snookie is on and who Brad Pitt is/was married to, but they don't know basic U.S. History or even who the current Vice President is.

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