afx114: Bang on the money. Take about 5 minutes and (try to) have a conversation with your typical American teenager (if they’ll deign to speak with you), and the ignorance they display is terrifying.

Most of our high school students cannot identify various European countries on a map, let alone name American state capitols. Nice to see that the French appear to be sharing our ignorance.

What is truly sad is that American (and especially Californian schools) used to be the envy of the world. No more.

And I agree with your view on the “New Earthers”, who argue that the world is only 6,000 years old. Oy vey. Strict creationism and Intelligent Design advocates are unbelievable. Displaying that level of mendacity in this day and age make you long for the Middle Ages.