[q_an_a]

I bet that the same percentage of young people could not tell you what president was military commander of the War In Europe. It is not that history is not taught but that people always forget many important people. How many could tell you who invented the micro chip or the internet? (not the goracle.)

[kabar]

I bet that the same percentage of young people could not tell you what president was military commander of the War In Europe.

The proper analogy would be who was the President during WWII. Perhaps given the poor state of our education system, half of young Americans would not know the answer.

Read this study and you will be amazed about how little Americans know about their history and civic institutions. This is a threat to our democracy. Take a look at Major Finding 3

Major Finding 3:

Civic Knowledge Increases a Person’s Regard for America’s Ideals and Free Institutions

Gaining civic knowledge—as opposed to merely graduating from college—increases a person’s belief in American ideals and free institutions. If two people otherwise share the same basic characteristics, the one with greater civic knowledge will be more likely to support:

•America’s ideals: He or she will be less likely to agree that America corrupts otherwise good people.

•America’s Founding documents: He or she will be less likely to agree that the Founding documents are obsolete.

•American free enterprise: He or she will be more likely to agree that prosperity depends on entrepreneurs and free markets, and less likely to agree that global capitalism produces few winners and many losers.

•The Ten Commandments: He or she will be less likely to agree that the Ten Commandments are irrelevant today.