It an apathetic world. It's only gets worse the kids I teach today (these are the ones that actually go to community college) I'd say 98% of them have no sense of the world outside them other than which chick spat on another chick on Flava of love.
Now lets face it when I was 18 I wasnt thinking about world politics or current events all the time but I did have a basic Information skill set (like most of us did here) that none of these dummies coming out of high school have.
I asked a student once what crop did England want so badly to import from Colonial America ? ( again this is college)
The Kid said confidently ... Tabasco
After cracking up I told him the correct answer was Tobacco.
Needless to say I called the kid HOT SAUCE for the rest of the semester.
Best Regards,
Momo