Yeah, that sounds about right: College Students in D.C. can’t name a single Senator.
Students at the American University in Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital and the center of American “political activity and bustle”, can’t name a single one of the 100 U.S. senators.
Dan Joseph, a correspondent for MRCTV, interviewed students at the American University campus and challenged them to answer incredibly “simple” questions about politics and government.
Not only were the students “unable” to name U.S. senators, they didn’t even know how many senators from “each state” comprise the Senate and some of them were studying “political” science!
When asked if they could name a “SINGLE U.S.” senator, the students blanked. Also, very few knew that each state has two senators. The guesses were all over the map, with some crediting each state with five, twelve, thirteen senators.
“Um, this is sad, I’m in a politics course,” said one female student, who couldn’t provide an answer. “Oh, not a very good one,” replied Joseph.
Eventual suggestions were “John Ryan/Rarez,” and “Bernie Frank,” neither of which are actual people, let alone U.S. senators. “I’m not big into the whole… America thing,” said another student.
So, when it comes to politics, these “walking zombies” at American University are “ignorant illiterates” but passed with flying colors when it comes to “pop culture.”
Almost everyone MRCTV interviewed was able name the Academy Award winner for Best Original Song: “Let It Go” from the movie “Frozen.”
This annoys the hell out of me.
What was most “depressing” was the girl who said she tried to “stay out” of Politics. Ignorant voters like her are “common thieves” because they “steal” the votes of the “informed.”
These “students” will be graduating with tens of thousands of dollars of “debt,” and absolutely no practical “skills” to show for it.
With fewer and fewer exceptions a modern “four year degree” from most American universities isn’t “worth the paper” it’s printed on.
America is in for a “rude” awakening when the remaining “baby boomers” in the workforce retire.
There won’t be any “qualified” workers to replace them, unless we “import” them from India or China where students are actually taught “useable” skills.
And if you think it’s “bad” now just wait until the first crop of “common core” students hit the universities. They probably won’t even know “how to speak” English.
It should be “mandatory” for voters to have a basic “political literacy” tests before registering to vote to eliminate the “ignorant” from controlling the destiny of those who care.
These “ignorant voters” will be running this country in a few years, if Obama leaves them a country to run.
Scared isn’t it!
What this says about American “democracy” is anyone’s guess.
I’m seriously ready for the “zombie apocalypse.”
