America is doomed! At least if the survey taken by the Annenberg Public Policy Center is any indication. Fewer than one third of people polled understood that a decision by the Supreme Court is final. To use the internet vernacular, OMFG!
Of those polled just 15% could name John Roberts as chief justice. Sadly, 66% of those questioned could name at least one judge on American Idol.
An educated public is the building block of a free society and a democracy. We have dumbed down our educational system so that we produce kids that can pass standardized tests but are ignorant of the real world around them. Worse, they have little intellectual curiosity and ability to think critically. Our country will continue to slide toward irrelevance and possible dictatorship if we do not reverse this trend. Otherwise, George Orwell might be seen as a prophet and not a novelist.
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