Fewer than half of American teenagers who were asked basic questions about history and literature during a recent telephone survey knew when the Civil War was fought, and one-quarter thought that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World sometime after 1750, not in 1492.

The results of the survey, released Tuesday, demonstrate that a significant proportion of American teenagers live in “stunning ignorance” of history and literature, according to the group that commissioned it. Known as Common Core, the organization describes itself as a new, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization that will press for more teaching of the liberal arts in American public schools…. (iht.com)

Great. Well, here in Salisbury, MD our teenagers are not only stunningly ignorant, they are having sex, getting pregnant, foul mouthing, fighting, smoking, taking drugs, and dressing like whores and thugs.