The "Dumb and Dumber" Generation

Recently, National Geographic polled 510 people between ages 18-24. Here are some results.

• One-third of respondents couldn't pinpoint Louisiana on a map and 48 percent were unable to locate Mississippi.
• Fewer than three in 10 think it important to know the locations of countries in the news and just 14 percent believe speaking another language is a necessary skill.
• Two-thirds didn't know that the earthquake that killed 70,000 people in October 2005 occurred in Pakistan.
• Six in 10 could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East.
• While the outsourcing of jobs to India has been a major U.S. business story, 47 percent could not find the Indian subcontinent on a map of Asia. [are you freaking kidding me?]
• While Israeli-Palestinian strife has been in the news for the entire lives of the respondents, 75 percent were unable to locate Israel on a map of the Middle East.

Can these morons even spell their own names? Forget "Generation Y." I'm dubbing my peers "Generation Dumb and Dumber."

Now let's work on fixing the problem.

I say we pour more money into the public schools.