Are you ever SHOCKED by how butt-ignorant *SOME* young people are?

[Jennicut]

101. I am a substitute teacher and most kids I come in contact with are very intelligent.

They just learn differently then my parents or I did. They are completely immersed in technology but they still do the same math, spelling and reading I did as a kid. The truth is that some kids fall through the cracks and don't get the extra help they need. Schools do the best they can with limited budgets. But I really do dislike putting down anyone under the age of 25 as stupid simply because they may lack some knowledge of history. We need the younger people of this country to get involved and to vote as the over 55 age group votes more conservatively as a whole. Younger people are more open to women's rights, gay rights, less prone to racism, care more about the environment, etc. Younger people are pretty open to new ideas and that is not a bad thing at all. I try and pass on whatever wisdom I can to my 7 and 8 year old daughters. My kids didn't know that my parents only had black and white tv. I taught them that. They learned about slavery in school and asked about it at home. Instead of putting them down for not knowing something, teach them about it.