[HAIL PIKEVILLE!]

Its seem to me that you're right, not only on that.. but all important things, but especially civics. I quoted a study earlier that shows how, a huge majority of high school students polled thought that Sodom and Gomorrah were MARRIED. (I think you agree with me that these are 'myths'... I don't take the Old Testament literally at all..), when in fact they were two supposed cities.

More kids can tell you Britney Spear menstrual cycle, than can tell you what the bill of rights are. (THEIR RIGHTS)

Its amazing. Which is why, and I know its another thread topic, I believe the public education system has failed miserably.

I agree totaly. Ill give you a good story about this very thing.

A freind of mine who lives in Ohio told me he was going through some his wifes school books. She graduated in the late 90s and hes about 10 years older than her. As he started thumbing through her history book he told me he couldnt believe his eyes. Abraham Lincoln and George Washington got 1 page apiece while The Beatles got a whole chapter. The framing of the constution got about five pages while an entire section of the book was devoted to the 60's.
So I guess the "educators" in this country found that it was more important to find out what John and Paul were thinking (or smoking) when they wrote "Love me do" than what Lincoln was thinking when he wrote the Gettysburg address. I guess they thought that "Taxation without representation" was less catchy than "Make love, Not War". No, this is some baby boomers trying to make their accomplishements more important than that of our founding fathers.