USA has no future, based on these young people

I feel some what blessed. I’m old enough I won’t be around when this generation will be fully in charge

The down side is we are the generation that will always be accountable for Donald Trump.

Honestly, this is not something new or unique to this generation.

When DH & I were studying for our citizenship exam it was horrifying how many people we knew couldn't answer the 100 questions for the test. I've always loved history, but many people have zero interest and loose any details they crammed in their brain for an exam almost immediately. I'm talking about otherwise well educated professionals. 

I don't even need to watch to tell you that young people are not just one group, there are so many thoughtful and kind and smart young people and I've raised two of them.

Get off my lawn.

The ignorant have always been here. Asimov had a great quote about a strain of ignorance running through America. I have been pretty impressed with the young in general.
My one concern is that I seem to see a lot of group thinking. But when I look back, my generation did a lot of that too. Being an independent thinker, especially in the age of the internet, is a very good thing.

Earlier today I saw video of clips of Jordan Klepper from the Daily Show interviewing Trump supporters. The people they interviewed were not young, but they were plenty stupid. Like others have said, there are dumb people in every generation.

I agree with this. I have a 20 yr old and a 17 year. They and their friends are much more knowledgeable and even more engaged than I was in the 80s.

I love it when my old students will post something on FB they never leaned in school. Umm, yes, we did cover that.  Several times.  You just don't remember because it wasn't important to you at the time.  

Jay Leno used to interview "my generation" and older for years.  They were often clueless too.  I'm not worried about this generation.  They will be just fine.  Our parents said the same thing about us.

I remember in the 1980s.visiting New England and  seeing a Providence tv news story where they went to Brown University and asked them basic history questions. Vast majority could not tell you what century American Revolution or Civil War of World War II were in.

Alarming, but sadly kids don’t have the ignorance market cornered. I wish we had a video of kids who are trying to make a difference socially, politically, and by sweat. Hope is out there if you can get past the morons.

Just to be clear, Campus Reform is considered “right biased” with reliance on questionable sources.

www.google.com/amp/s/mediabiasfactcheck.com/campus-reform/%3famp

It is possible, even likely, that a lot of editing was involved to fit the desired narrative.

She is a bad example, but please understand that the social studies curriculum taught in schools today is extremely white-washed and one sided. (as it has always been). Here is TX, the standards are written by very conservative, state-elected officials and are reflective of their beliefs, only. She makes a very valid point—you cannot teach about Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and George Washington Carver for a few days during February and think that’s good enough—but that’s pretty much what we do—even today. 

Yes—you need to teach all the standards that your state requires, but if you want to give your students a complete education, you are going to have to supplement it. Most importantly, you have to teach your students how to be critical thinkers and how to take responsibility for their own education—because we cannot possibly teach them everything there is to know. It makes me crazy that he even asked “Do you think your teachers taught you everything you need to know?” Of course they didn’t! Even if they were the best teacher in the world, they couldn’t. Pick up a freaking book!

And, so you know, Campus Reform (who made the video) is extremely right leaning and the video was definitely done as a “gotcha.” (And yes—I know both sides do it. I just think it’s important to understand the bias behind things, no matter which side it comes from).