American reacts to Gen-Z Can't Answer the Most Basic Questions
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Being able to answer all this questions while being from Germany raises one question: What are you guys doing over there all day long?
one of 2 things, Either they ask like 100 people and pick out 10 that are the dumbest + in US the mostly learn about US, in history they only rougly learn about worldwide history but they mostly focus on US history, same goes for Geography. If you ask US person to name you every single state, they would have no issue with that but when you ask them to name a single European, Asian or African country, they wouldnt be able to tell Spain apart from France.
I'm European myself, so I'm not trying to hold a candle for the US here, but I'm pretty sure that if you ask enough people here in Europe - doesn't matter which country - you'll find more than enough idiots as well. Here in Austria we had (maybe still have, I don't know) a radio segment where they interviewed people with stupid questions, and those got answered wrongly as well. Stuff like "Sind Sie dafür dass die Schneefallgrenze angehoben wird?" (Are you in favor of raising the snow line?). And yes, people demanded that the snow line has to rise. And questions like that were a daily segment... so... yeah...
Read gossip, care about Kardashian booty.
@@brkr78 we used to have something similar here in Estonia too atlhough I really can't remember what it was about exactly. But we still have some comedy skits of fake news on the radio, and I bet it's fooled some people lmao.
@@pixel-rageunbound1935 So, what about the questions which were related heavily to USA geography or history?
Also, why every time some internet video points how lacking is the knowledge (that's not intellect, knowledge is learned, and nobody is born with it) in regard to geography in the United States, somebody try defending it with 'but foreigners cannot name the US states'. First due to the exposure to the US culture via movies, series and such I can name at least 3 ... not to say most of them.
Second, can you name all of the regions and other separate parts of China or Russia? If we're talking size difference (because most times when somebody say, 'can you point the regions of a certain European country', US defenders state that their country is bigger) - China is two, nearly three times as big as the States and also have a bit more inhabitants, while Russa have a bit more land mass, like four times bigger.
I won't argue about the video, there are a lot of uneducated people, in my country there are plenty with finished 8th grade who know only how to write their name and to work as slaves. Which just shows that you need good education for a country to be prosperous.
The fact that that girl knew more Kardashians than countries speaks volumes. So very sad.
Yup, yup!
No clue about anything important but know these people
What are Kardashians ? (France here).
@@johanjanssens4530 a family of women famous for being famous and nothing much else! Very wealthy, attractive looking.
@@johanjanssens4530 Kim Kardashian is Famous for a sex tape she claims was released against her will . However it was later disclosed by a reporter that " leaked ' the tape , that she in fact gave her permission. They were already a wealthy family. She didn't need the $ but was thirsty for fame
As a Professor of History, this is real life. the first thing each semester is a "benchmark quiz" to see what they know or don't. Reading these makes me want to stick my head in an oven.
College or high school? Or university? In the US or a different country?
@@camelopardalis84 High School 11th/12th Grades
@@christopherCline-ys6ex Thanks for answering my question! I've just spent a lot of time thinking about whether people should be kept in school rather for longer than for shorter when in doubt, and kept coming to the conclusion that the former is better. And while I still say this, this decision also leads to people who neither have much intellectual curiosity nor a tendency to just pick up on things through social osmosis attending an eleventh and twelfth year of school not knowing very basic stuff.
@@camelopardalis84 The educational system in the U.S. is in dire need of a complete overhaul. Programs such as "No Child left behind" and state level standardized testing have proven to be a detriment. These programs have created a culture where teachers are forced to "push" Students through that should be held back. I personally have had 11th and 12th grade students in my classes who have had less than a 4th grade knowledge of math, no knowledge of everyday things needed to survive such as counting money, reading a analog clock, how to type a correctly formatted business letter or resume. 25 years ago, the average G.P.A. of a 12th grade student was 2.5 or higher, today the average is 1.5.
If a child wants to learn these days, they will. There is so much available for free on the internet. Although far from perfect the problem is not just with the schools or teachers. We have a lot of neurologically damaged kids resulting from drug and alcohol exposure while in the womb. If there's any single problem it's that America doesn't teach sex ed, including what's going on in the pregnant womb.
As a member of Gen-X born in the 70s, I think we got the best of both worlds. We got to see the rapid technological advancement that started in the 80s and we learned all the analog stuff from our boomer parents. We are in our 40s and 50s now and rule the world in business and politics. There are no excuses for our children being this stupid.
yeah, you got the best. also you forgot to teach the next (genZ) generation basic stuff.
@@matopuk123 Did you seriously just say Z comes right after X?
@@matopuk123The next generation are millennials, not Z.
@@matopuk123it’s fucking gen x and millennials that are failing at parenting right now. Younger gen z still has no excuse for being so embarrassingly uneducated at their age. They were probably all intoxicated and glued to their phone when signing in for the bare minimum attendance requirements.
As an early Millennial, I praise my education loving Boomer parents and the fact that both my sisters are GenXers
I can honestly say this now: You get the leaders you deserve.
No one deserves to become a Kardashians fan.
@@fromnsk
It doesnt just "happen", dude,its a CHOICE.
This is about our leftist educational system dumbing down students to accommodate blacks. My niece is a teacher and she said that blacks complained that the regents is too hard so they will change the test format. They want to keep us stupid. My work mate is from Turkmenistan a tiny country with a dictator and her educational system is amazing. She knows more about AMERICAN than Americans.
@@TG-hp8og yeah, it is!
Hey! Not all of us want or deserve this crap.
The frightening thing is that these people are entitled to vote. Lord please help us!
Vote several times.
I don't think they know how to vote either.
What's scarier is that voting is the least of our problems... Having to interact with these people on a day to day basis would put me in an early grave. I am now determined to quiz every person who is 30 or younger on things a 3rd grader will know.
You think these people know about voting???
They should require proof that you graduated high school with honors, have at least a four year degree or trade equivalence, and a minimum of a 125 IQ in order to vote.
UK here 🇬🇧 yes, we are familiar with US states and history.
What's really scary are these questions are America centric, they're not even being asked to have knowledge outside of their own country.
I feel like a genius. I could answer all the questions and I’m not even American. 😂
Not an American either, and I'm a bit split how I should feel about this. Relieved? Not really. I have been feeling my 12 year old son is behind the curve in his studies and it really stresses me quite a bit.
Then again, the standards we look at are European and East Asian. I can easily have a chat with him on subjects he should handle, like central bank policies, international geopolitics involving rare earth metals, semiconductor industry supply chains, bioinformatics in healthcare and so on; he doesn't always have a well shaped opinion but he knows that and both can and wants to ask very good questions on subjects at hand. He doesn't make up stuff if he doesn't know it. (I absolutely don't need to worry him knowing where various countries in a discussion are, or how elementary maths work.) At the same time I know he struggles; he has trouble with differential equations and written Chinese as his fourth language, for instance. He's basically perfectly average student in his school and that's... concerning.
Maybe I shouldn't be so worried of him. Maybe I should be worried of the Western society; if Americans don't get a grip and rid of their rampant anti-intellectualism... it won't be a good outcome for any of us.
@@foobar1500 Yes, but getting to grips with basic mathematics and world geography, might be a good start. We grew up learning all that stuff, way back in the 1960s, as young children. 🙂
I’m not American either, but knew most of the answers. I don’t know how many presidents there have been in the US from the founding untill today, but I’m still happy to not be stupid.
@@angelicakoutsouridakis5816 An average U.S. president stays for just over 5 years so you can always make an educated guess.
I'm from Germany and I already thought our Gen-Z is stupid af, but this is hilarious. 😂😂😂
Lass uns doch leben 😢
No this is not hilarious... mostly because they think they know everything because Google gives them the answer...they dont have to actually use their brains anymore and Musk is ready to link them up so they never have to
You havent seen stupid before if you havent been to the US yet 😂😂😂
It is not hilarious. It is very, very sad.
@@nickgov66 Yes there is NOTHING funny about it at ALL. imagen how stupid their kids are going to be. even common sense is lacking in most of these kids.
*”British and French are the same thing, right?”*
I swear, I can literally hear the sound of screaming echoing from across the pond….😂
Maybe she ment - "same team" ? Because they quite been, Canada and Australia is still part of United Kingdom, Justin Castro Jr. Trudoe was sworn to the Queen Elizabeth. What was other team 'US' she was correct (im not american guessing) it was one and same war, it was civil but one team was team independence, other team was "dependence" one team was on south other on north..
hahahahaha
I follow a YTber from England. He is in love with America. I need to send him this so he can get some perspective. 😂😂😂
The French went to war for less! 🤣
British and Spanish are the same? Next war coming up 😂
Clips like these, ALL OF THEM! should be MANDATORY to be shown in all schools across the US! Not just for the students, but for the teachers, the administration and everyone RESPONSIBLE for the education of young people. They should also be held ACCOUNTABLE for the complete and utter lack of knowledge to rudimentary questions! WHERE is THEIR report card --grading THEM--at the end of term? Schools, staff and TEACHERS are taking money they HAVE NO RIGHT TO when THIS comes out of the school system!!!!
Damn. I'm from Papua New Guinea a Third World country.Of all the questions asked I was able to score a 100. What's wrong America?
@@frankdockery-sy2pj
Greetings From 🇺🇲, Teacher report cards are called EOGs ( end- of-grade testing). President Bush, Sr. and his 'Leave No Child Behind Act' marks the origin of a downward spiral of education. States/Schools/Teachers quickly
focused teaching around those stupid tests in effort to maintain federal funding and job preservation over the betterment of students.
Next came political correctness. Most recently, woke social and political ideology reared it's ugly head and that's ushering in Idiocracy. Elites draw nearer to accomplishing an end goal, for it's easier to control a Nation of morons. If we, as a Nation, don't put a stop to the insanity that's being shoved down our throats from every direction, I fear, within a few generations people really will be watering fields with Gatorade if they are allowed to grow crops in the first place. On a lower note, not only are kids being taught that 2+2=The Number They Like That Day, because there are no wrong answers, many are also are taught how to provide "good" oral s*x in middle school. It's INSANE and vile what they are doing to our kids. If you haven't seen the movie "Idiocracy" you should.
It's easier to manipulate stupid people. That's why the government does not care about education.
OMG! My head is about to explode. I'm 67 years old but knew the answers to all these questions before getting out of grade school. This proves how terrible our school system has become over the last 30 years at least. So happy I home schooled my daughter.
The fact that he doesn't correct them is worse. And as someone from Britain, being called French is salt to the wound!!!🤣🤣🤣
Resistance is futile... welcome to France :p
He tried in earlier videos but they would argue with him.
Elderglade Yes as a Brit I object. We are nowhere near stylish enough and our food is pretty bland so...
@@ticketyboo2456 but you should hear our music. All the talent is in the island above us... we suck at rock and pop (in France)
@@micade2518 Sure, especially classical, but in the current day, our modern music sucks in France
I think the saddest part of this video is the fact that these kids seem to take pride, or think that it’s cool to be ignorant.😣
Yup. Exactly what I was thinking. That’s what happens when you loose honor and principles
Yes, the way they're so proud of themselves is the worst part. These interviewers do several of these interviews, I don't know how many, and choose the absolute worst of the worst because that's where the entertainment value lies. My only hope is that at least some of these people know what the interviewer is looking for and are deliberately acting dumber than they really are in order to get on tv. When that's the best case scenario, you know we're in trouble.
Exactly!
can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street
@@richardh100millennials and their shitty parenting are letting their kids watch cocomelon and UA-cam kids instead of pbs so it’s only gonna get worse
Your visible frustration and disbelief is both hilarious and SO DAMN RELATABLE 😅😤
These people fail answering the most basic things. And now you wanna tell me they have any idea about the more complicated topics like voting system? Education system? Taxes? Economy? History? You can tell them everything you want and they will believe it! Everything!
My German cousin did an exchange year in American high school in the past. He was bored the whole year because he already knew everything from his German school. The only new thing was American history. And he said the exams were too easy.
I did my exchange year in the Netherlands. They had U.S. geography book which covered the contential 48 states. It omitted Alaska and Hawaii. Have seen errors in a variety of textbooks from grade school through college. You have to check them carefully.
Yeah, and given the Americans not only have a short history, it seems like they can't remember it anyway. So your German cousin probably knew that too.
Had the English not killed most of the native Americans upon arriving in North America it would probably have an extremely rich history.
Humm, Germans are super smart!!!
Being German I was a one year exchange student in a senior class in a Midwest High School. We got quarterly report cards. After adapting to the system in the first quarter I was a straight A student continuously for the remaining three terms. Homework was not challenging, so I would finish it in study hour and was free when I got home.
Being born in the 60's, a kid in the 70's, and a teen in the 80's, and being raised in a bad neighborhood! There is no excuse for this!! Those are basic curriculum questions!!! We were taught all of this!!! We are truly doomed!!
I’m a gen X too
Born in the 50s...through the welfare system into the 60s... (til an aunt took me in) no excuse for the ignorance!
School is nothing but drag queen shows and woke propaganda.
None of these questions were on my curriculum because I am not a united statesian, but I know all the answers. US only educates those with money.
@@helenh6442 Shocking! 👍
That smile and the "that is correct" when she was able to name 4 seasons was so funny!
I think it's a good thing you're giving the correct answers. Who knows how many people watching this DON'T know the answers. Which is a terrifying thought.
This not only cracked me up but also scared me to death!!😂😬
Yep. America's future is in good hands! LOL
Good for the rest of us who ain't America. America is literally a baby like intellect person with the big gun now.
these people vote
@@HelenaVanCity idiocracy was a prediction.
Yeah, it's terrifying. In 40 years or so these people will control the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world. But I also kinda hope I'll be around to watch that.
Ryan's watching this like "You know what, I'm gonna homeschool the baby..." 😂
Hopefully
Is it correct that all those people are allowed to homeschool their children? If they do, the next generation will die because they don't know how to cross a street, get food or maybe forget to breath.
or come to the evil socialist Europe
😅😅👍
@@KrisThroughGlass 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No wonder we’re a laughing stock to other countries . Many years ago I had opportunity to meet people of any nations over a period of several years and was shocked to learn that all these countries could speak English so well . In their schools , I was told they all begin learning English right from the start . They also knew a lot about our country . They mentioned that almost nobody in America knew anything about other countries . We have truly been dumbed down by media & schools. We need to eliminate sports & social engineers from schools . That’s why I home schooled & didn’t & don’t watch tv .
Sports are important: teaches grit, makes the body more graceful, and how to handle emergencies. That's why the top American boarding schools emphasize sports.
@@soupnazikitcheneverett but the problem is that in school sports is given priority over everything . I remember someone who was a special speaker at a college told of asking football players to stand and receive applause then basketball &so on each being cheered on . Then he asked students to who were in medical programs , education courses to stand for applause . Everyone was confused , no one uttered a sound , while the embarrassed students stood awkwardly . He pointed out how messed up our system was when everyone went wild cheering for athletes but nobody showed any recognition of the importance of students in medical field who wanted to save lives or teachers who wanted to educate our children & others in vital fields that he asked to rise & stand for recognition .
If there is sports in schools they will always be elevated and receive the adulation rather than those who seek to make significant contributions to our society . Not just throw a ball & be paid millions to do it .
As for the question of do people in other countries know the number of the states in America: yes, in many countries. I live in Finland and in upper elementary school we had to learn all the states by heart and were quizzed about them. 😅 This was in late 90's. The same thing went for all the countries in South America, Europe, Asia etc. The differences in the educational system seem to be jaw dropping (of course there are many factors that do take place, but in general).
I am German and could easily answer every question. If I'm already ashamed of these people, I can hardly imagine how you must feel!?
Britain deported our criminals to Australia, but we convinced our dumb people to deport themselves to America, and then pretended to lose a war to be free of them. This is why the UK and US have a 'special' relationship. The 4th of July is celebrated in the UK, but it's more like a second April Fools Day. Shhh.
I'm scared of them. They have the right to VOTE.
I feel like punching myself in the face.
@@adchancellor1380 this may explain why so many old people are in politics. They wanted to let go and let the younger people do their job, but hen they saw those videos and decided they will hold on until gen A😂
@@adchancellor1380 i have my doubts that those people asked in this video know what a ballot is...
I’m a grandma and this video is absolutely embarrassing and terrifying! What is happening in our schools 😢
In a worf. Nothing. They get a participation award instead of a diploma.
This is all part of the engineered destruction of the United States.
The globalist (deep state) are more worried about indoctrinating the new generations.
I'm Generation Z (13 years old) and I'm sorry that you have to see this happening to our youth, I honestly don't know where we went wrong for almost all members of my generation to end up like this, it truly is terrifying to watch the rest of my generation fail to answer the most basic questions and wearing lgbtq pride flags like this and knowing that they're going to be the only hope for humanity in the future.
@@October-TE I'm also a GenZ (23) but from another country.
Please little one, at least you must learn these and more. Your country controls the world and I don't want anyone of the people showed in this video to run it.
This video gives truth to the saying: The strongest case against Democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
I'm a New Zealander and lived and worked in the USA 20yrs ago and was amazed how dumb Americans were about there own Country let alone other Countries, maybe because ive worked in many Countries and traveled I'm more up with it but most was learned in school
I showed this to my genz kids and they both cringed. The only one they missed was the Kardashian question. We must be doing something right in our Florida and Tennessee public schools. 😂 Seriously, where did he find these people? It really proves my theory that you should be tested to vote, just like you're tested to drive.
Mentally handicapped people are allowed to vote . I don't believe it can get much worse 😭😭😭😭😭
LA probably😭😭😭
@@samie7025 It literally says Broadway in the background ...
I'm in Michigan, a gen z (born 1998) and the only 3 I missed is the Kardashian question, who the vice president is (I'm not good with names but at least I know she's African American) and when the US was founded I think it was either in the 1600s or 1700s. I forget your name until I know you for a while. I also forgot how many presidents we have 36, 48, 50? I'm sorry about not knowing those. But I can list at least twelve states and at least twelve countries.
@@lunamiddleton2662 kamala harris 1776 46 (I think)
I worked in customer service 28 years and institutionalized lunatics for 22; yes people are that stupid!
Who were those, "intstitutionalized lunatics"? Just asking.
Your reactions are genuine and hilarious. Your exasperaton and disbelief have got me rolling on the floor laughing mate lol
The most astonishing I ever heard (in a similar video) was when a girl was asked to name a woman -- any woman. She was at a loss for words. She couldn't name _a single_ woman.
There's over 4 billion women out there: your mother, movie stars, scientists, writers, politicians, artists, ...
(I wouldn't expect many answers in the category writers, though)
She could have said her own name
That's very worrying! I'm a sixty year old Brit and could have answered these at the age of 8. Education has gone downhill a very long way since my time.
It’s because the school has stopped teaching education and started brainwashing them with leftist indoctrination of Stupidity….
You're gullible.
@@redrick8900 says the NPC …. 🤣👍
@@redrick8900 I don't think so. I have met such creatures myself. One of them thought France was the capital of Paris! Not that young either.
only in US i guess.. im 25 and i can answer those as well, even i was never interested in US. But i have bachelor degree from Arts and Design history.
That was literally the most painful thing I have ever seen , but the reaction walkaway to another room made me laugh.
@@gillian67ec Pretty sure nobody in Europe has seen the US as a decent reference for educational standards ever
China would probably use these morons as compost...not kidding...as Biden would say ! LOL
I thank you for answering, it confirms that's a senior I haven't lost that many brain cells...thanks
@@gillian67ec 👍👏👏👏👏👏
I would have come back with a beer and joint to relax myself.
The frustration in "UTAH IS STILL AROUND!!!" 😂😂😂😂
Beautiful, learning system, as and immigrant, now a U S citizen, like millions arriving every day , I had to learn U S history in less than 3 months, and a complete different language in less than two months in order to succeed, Not to brag, but I aced every test I was given to take, I am an old Gen, never ashamed of my genealogy, VERY PROUD!!!
It’s really sad what’s going on about education systems not only in US , but all over the world .I’m Portuguese, Portuguese/English teacher for almost 40 years and , believe me, the levels of illiteracy are going back to a dark hole
Relaxa minha filha e curta a vida😅
Giving smartphones and access to social networks to toddlers certainly contributed to the rise in functional illiteracy but I think the main culprit are those so-called progressive and inclusive, mandatory "recommendations", coming from the European Commission, which in turn came from a source in the USA: our student is our master (especially if their parents pay good), tolerate stupidity and reward mediocrity, all children are the same, untouchable snowflakes, and so on. You know, *THE MESSAGE!*
I think people in Portugal can name 3 countries besides their own Teresa...
@@paparucoontour Angola Brasil and Cabo Verde
Such a shame…just the way they want you to be
I'm still disappointed that nobody at least knew that "Steve Rogers and Tony Stark" were the correct answer about the Civil War 😄😄
THis is the only answer I would accept. :P
secret ending
🤣🤣
Yes, they met the hulk later.
Obviously these two formed the Avengers to end the Civil War.
"What is the capital of Chicago?"
There is an answer.
The letter "C".
Mate, am feeling your pain. He may as well have asked what time is the six o'clock news? Love from Oz, appreciate your channel/s.
The guy saying “yes” and keeping a straight face is everything
just wanted to write that!
These people are are unf%^king believable!!! Thank god I am a Boomer!!!
And after asking the question, he looks away/at the camera with that dead look of absolute despair... while they think what continent they’re on and don’t notice that.
I don't like that. They could have learned something instead of having their ignorance confirmed!
As Ryan said... He would solve the problem a very very little if he did not say yes
Parents need to file lawsuits against the government for not teaching their children, taking taxes from them in order to educate them.
Easier said than done, but parents are responsible for their children's education, all of it is not meant to be done by the schools. Children should arrive at Pre K/Kindergarten already having basic literacy, knowledge of the alphabet, knowledge of how to count from 1 - 10. Parents can require their children to read books that the family chooses, and/or to watch educational documentaries. Expecting the government to raise your children is a BAD plan.
they teach about LGBT better nowadays.
@@smustipherexactly, and limit screen time! Not that hard!
It's the parents fault also. These kids do not want to know anything they don't care. The only thing they care about is staring at their phones.
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It's really brave of you to show this. I would be mortified if similar questions were asked to some of our everyday British subjects and their answers where so incredibly embarrassing. I am interested to know in how many people actually got the correct answers.
I'm pretty sure he asked questions to dozens of people and only showed the wrong ones (and 1 correct for credibility), I mean no society would be able to operate if everyone or at least the vast majority was this dumb.
I can see the same thing here in Portugal, the vast majority of people we see on TV and other media have absolutely nothing in common with the common citizens we see on the streets. But in the end dumb people are loud and entertaining
How is this even possible? Absolutely unbelievable! Greetings from Europe
The interviewer is hilarious. I love his deadpan replies of "Yes" to all the wrong answers.
While it was amusing to hear him parrot YES, I think he could have (IMO) made it a learning moment. Or at least told them they needed to google that.
its not funny. its honestly sad.
He doesn't know the answers either, being American too
@@aaaab384 Ouch. LOL.
@@dianehoag682 it would be a waste of time.
The fact that they have to think that hard before answering incorrectly is damn scary.
That is because inside they are in a panic!
I just want to know what process they went through mentally to get 3x3x3=36. What was the thought process there? Yeah I get that it's wrong and all, but what exactly did they do to get there? That's 6x6, so I can at least see how those two equations vaguely relate to each other, but how was the connection made to swap those answers?
She said she doesn’t drive so she doesn’t know!!! I don’t drive and I do know!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
High School teacher. I used to be upset cuz they didn't know the capital of Canada. Wow. This video is an eye opener. I taught gifted and coached the quiz team, there are alot of kids who know stuff. Sounds like parents/schools are failing our kids.
I felt my IQ dropping massively by the 2nd question. I think I'm drooling now. My 24 year old son wonders why I MADE him do work study programs in grade school with me on the computer when he was younger... but he could answer these. Jeez. These ARE 2nd-5th grade questions.
These kids suffer from functional illiteracy. The cure: pat them on the head and give them another stimulus check so they can purchase the next iPhone.
I remember learning most of this stuff in preschool or before preschool. My mom taught me how to read when I was 2 years old, and I was able to read simple chapter books and magazines by the time I was in Kindergarten. Our school system has failed miserably. They don't allow kids to reach their full potential. I was bored as heck in school, and probably could've skipped at least 6 grades that really seemed like a waste of my time now that I look back and reflect on them.
Acually, IQ is generated from a normal distribution of the population. An IQ of 100 is considered as normal. This just confirms that your IQ is going up as the bar is being lowered.
I nearly started crying hearing all of them say "I don't know"... Most of the questions had nothing to do with knowing, they could have said "I can't think" aswell
None of thought to Google it
Kids today in America are taught what to think, rather than how to think.
@@sparky6086 They are taught only how to read orders on Facebook/Meta and Twitter from their masters. That's why they are constantly watching the screens of their smartphones, anxious to receive new orders. They are truly drones.
That's the part that scared me! Absolutely no ability to figure things out.
@@MizJilly absolutely, soo sad
It’s depressing and shameful that these people do not know the answers to the majority of these questions. My theory is that having basic knowledge serves no purpose in the social media driven lives.
Kudos to our educational system and the parents of these things.
OMG this is unreal. This goes to show students are not being taught reading, writing, math , history, science instead they are learning bs
Everything got worse after Obama implemented his education names no one left behind.
A lot of U.S. public schools over the past decade or so have apparently been functioning instead only as glorified childcare institutions. It’s criminal what has been stolen from these young American adults-for one thing, the chance to choose the direction of their future. Their possibilities are so limited.
They're being taught that if they don't wanna be a boy they don't have to be
all schools teach these days. is how to pass an exam.
how to look up information.
they don't try to impart you with any knowledge. just a way to cheat the system.
they want our kids to be dumb
They are being taught to hate whites and to be completely WOKE
No wonder, my cousin who migrated to America in the '70s used to tell us she feels like a genius next to so many Americans (she's actually the dumbest in the family). She works in the Human Resources department and interviews a lot of job applicants. I imagine that these are some of the types she deals with every working day.
Yet these are the ones that GET the JOBS!
Lol😅
After your cousin did all that job interviews, is she still sane
I feel scared now 😂
Actually have plans to go there with my aunt and stepbrothers.. damn..
"She's actually the dumbest in the family"
Damn bro, you didn't have to do her like that.
I'm a Gen-Z from Spain and I even know most of these questions minus the Kardashians' one. I feel offended as a fellow Gen-Z, they make me feel despair 😂😅
I go to work as a nurse and ask these questions. Please rest assured that you will be taken care of in health care. All the young nurses knew all the answers. The country is not lost!
You know our country is in trouble when she can pop off the names of the kardashions but not simple history questions.
Hey, at least she learned SOMETHING.
kardashians - "a" not "o". Whoops.....
And who's fault is that??? Corporate media. Our society created them, kids can't choose independent thinking, needs to be taught
Today’s young people think more about eyelashes , fingernails, tattoos and vehicles than important subjects.
@@gloriannburick1837 hate to tell ya but young people have always been that way. Was no different in the 60s& 70s.
I'm a boomer (yes, I know, we're the most hated generation) and it truly is painful to see so many that can't answer even the most basic questions.
I think boomers are "the most hated" generation because they're smarter than all the rest of them put together!
Boomers are hated because we are always right 😂
They feel threatened by the boomers
We are the ones who make the world feel uncomfortable!!😂
@@kathysaalman2876Sorry, I am not a boomer, I am from the GenX!!😊 But nearly a boomer, at least.
Can u imagine waking up to one of these people next to you? And start a conversation.
I hope that this dude was correcting them all off cam! Is it sad that I, a 52 year old German could answer ALL that stuff right away??
I am a naturalized citizen, and I know more about American history than most people born in the US, I had to study and learn it before I became a citizen. When I immigrated to the US I was advanced in most subjects and was moved up a grade. It's really sad to see these Gen Zers don't know simple questions. 😢
Welcome
Wow really sad
yes, it is... I hate being part of this generation.
@@jayjones6904 Thank you Jay, for your kind words, I've in the US for 45 yrs now.
My daughter in law is a naturalized citizen as well and they are very educated before they become citizens. Congratulations to you and spread the knowledge please.
I think I found one. While checking out my shopping at my favorite grocery store I came across a new cashier. She was a Gen Z er for sure. I gave her the exact number of bills and pulled out a quantity of change from my pocket and held it out for her to pick out 93 cents. She could not do it and her supervisor was standing watching her there had to show her how to count 93 cents out of about 2 dollars of change.
As Pogo Possum would say "I have met the enemy and it is us".
I love doing that to the idiot cashers. I had one cry!! Sad excuses for human beings. Useless!
😮it’s not up to the cashier to fish change out if your hand. They are to provide you accurate change. Definitely a lice landlord.
@@SarahJael7 as a former cashier, i loved choosing my own change to fill up the till with what i needed. And in my former store you wouldn't have been employed with math skills this atrocious
The continents question is actually tricky. First of all I want to point out Antarctica, which is or is not a continent based on what you were tought at school, but secondly, there are plenty of countries where Asia and Europe are fused into one continent called Eurasia. So the answer to that question would differ between 5 and 7 based on where you live.
Yup there are different models that range from 4 to 7 continents depending on where you live and how you choose to define a continent. For instance, when defined as large landmasses separated by water there are only 4.
As a dual national, I remember being confused as a child because, in the US, I had been taught that there were 7 continents, but then when we moved to Europe I was told that there are only 6 (America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antartica) !
So it is a bit of a trick question for sure !
I love the way you walked out - just too much to handle :)
Oh my goodness!! I homeschooled my kids and when they were in grade 1 they could answer all these questions correctly. What happened to basic knowledge? Thanks for the video, it’s a real sad one 😂
Basic knowledge sat on a Wall, basic knowledge has a great fall. All the kangz's donkeys and all the kangz's hoez, couldn't put basic knowledge together again.
Well, then, you're part of the problem! How are we ever going to dumb down society if people like you are teaching children use their intellect! SMH! 😤
What happened to basic knowledge?
They don't seem to teach that in public schools anymore... they focus on SEL and CRT.... very sad.....
@@anitar150 they only teach them what's on the government mandated standardized test.... Nothing more.... Public school was created to produce only workers and that's it.... I'm glad to see the gen z and millennials home schooling their children in record numbers it is a much better education....
I guess this is making you NOT regret the Homeschooling. XD
As a Canadian, an English speaking country NEXT to you - I am soooooo grateful to have had our Education system vs the American one. It is truly shocking.
But sadly, our Canadian education system is also starting to circle the drain. 😢
There are some Canadians answering questions in this series of videos, and they're just as brain dead.
Stupid people are easier to lead and mislead.
Canada is a bilingual country. Our official languages are French and English.
The teachers' unions in the U.S. are full of leftists.
These are the people who claim that people who live in red states/rural areas are stupid. As a taxpaying citizen, this pisses me off like I got pissed on.
😂😂😂 I feel ya, brother. They hurt my brain.🤯🙏 Lord, help raise up more teachers and youth ministers.
This is completely embarrassing! Our Board of Education should be ashamed! I realized how worthless our general education was when my family moved to Holland and I went to school there. The teachers actually know their stuff and EXPECT their students to apply themselves. If you don’t, you DON’T PASS! Wow! What a concept!
@@roadrules3671 Indeed…. There, they’re , their, two, too, to, where, wear, etc..It happens when you’re rushed.
@@mik20241 ; Not disagreeing with you.
@@roadrules3671 😊👍
Heart Department of Education is loving this because this is exactly what they set out to Do . they planned it about a hundred years ago
This is not a board of education anymore it is a board of indoctrination dumbing-down of America is serious
I am seriously in utter fear for the future of our Country
for the future? it's happening already.
Laughing my saa off😂😂
Tik tok colony
I was from a "third world" country. We used to go to school 6 days a week and did homework every night until we fell asleep at the desk. On our only day off we also studied and did homework. When I was 8 we moved to the US because we thought that the education and living conditions were much better but even as an 8 year old I knew the education in the US was a waste of time.
@@markwinner274 Yes, it used to be the case, but not anymore. :(
These people are allowed to vote! 'The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter". -Winston Churchill (prime minister of a country other than the US)
Ryan I had to subscribe just because my 11 year old is laughing at these answers from grown adults.
About 20 years ago I took a history test that my Mother took when she was in high school. Just for reference, she graduated before WWII broke out. I failed, and I graduated high school with a B*. Moving on, my children (currently aged 43 and 39) could not pass a history test I passed. I hope this exercise with these people will open eyes to our national lack of intelligence. Thanks for listening.
It's not lack of intelligence, but lack of a good education. I graduated HS in 1982 and Geography was no longer taught.
@@peterc6156 what do you mean, that Geography was no longer taught? I am sorry, I am from Europe, we have a different education system, but does it really mean, that high schools in the US do not teach people geography? And what about lower school level (middle schools, elementary)? I ask, because these questions are what here in Europe, people are taught at age about 8 or 9, so when they go to high school (age 13, 14? We really have a different education system, sorry), they are supposed to know this inside out...
@@karlikkazisvet : In some U.S. schools (mostly at inner-city schools), geography was taken off the curriculum for some odd reason, back in the late '70s, I believe (I may be wrong about the date). The area I live in is fairly rural, and they seem to have good school systems here as yet, and the main thought I had while watching this was "A 6th grader from here would be able to answer all of those questions correctly." It's pitiful that large cities (where these "interviews" were conducted) have such lousy educational requirements. I guess it does help if the student actually *wants* to learn.
It's not intelligence, but rather education.
@@ant-1382I'm not so sure. What about the teachers? They're all supposed to have Masters degrees but their not able to think outside the woke box. The brain washing they get in the university system destroys most peoples intelligence.
I was born in 1960 in a Portuguese territory. By age 8/9 I had to know the full circulatory system - all the arteries, veins and what each one did.
I learned most of these answers in the 4th grade! This makes me want to cry😢
We need to prosecute all educators (and parents) responsible for this! Then if they believe they may go to prison, perhaps young people will have a PROPER education!
I'm an early Millennial - the education I received in school was utterly inferior to the one my parents received: and I watched - even as a child - education become worse in that I knew I was expected to memorize answers for tests; without understanding the material. I knew then, in fairly early grade school, that I was not being taught how to think or how to use logic or how to solve problems: I was only being trained to repeat correct answers, nothing more.
Also - again - I watched as it only got worse before I even graduated. I'm not even talking about a generation of decline such as my parents to me: no - it got even worse while I was still in school. I watched the material become more and more direct, more obtuse, more narrow. There was less explanation, there was less experimentation, there was less abstraction in how topics were viewed and examined. Near the end the material was barely even gone over it was just "Here's the topic - know this answer - here's what the questions will look like - you are to know these specific answers - bye."
There was absolutely no conceptual understanding involved, of any kind, at all. Yeah, of course kids _"taught"_ like that are dumb as shit: they've literally never been given the task of attempting to process information and use logical deduction to figure anything out. They "know" what they have been told, in so far as one can actually remember discordant and discombobulated random tidbits of information: which - spoiler - you actually can't. So not only do they have an egregiously hindered, lamed, stunted cognitive capacity for extrapolation, abstraction and concept formation: but even what they were taught and memorized - get's lost days after they take their test because the human brain doesn't tend to remember random things with no other associative information present to retain it.
The U.S. education system is quite literally, non-figuratively, unironically, damaging children's brains by impairing their cognitive capabilities: perhaps permanently, I do not know if the damage can be reversed later in life - they may be permanently impaired by not having formed necessary neural mapping during their formative years. We may be walking into Idiocracy made manifest in 10 years when these functionally retarded kids become a substantive portion of working age adults.
Very well said and agree with this trend., particularly the following; "impairing cognitive abilities" which should and must be considered, imho. Thank you too for taking the time to convey what's happening in the current, let's say... non-teaching situation.
Good comments. I remember being taught HOW to think, the scientific method and logic before we reached 6th grade. I took two years of Latin in High School. We had to read a Shakespeare play each year, the last two years of High School. We had to write book reports every month and "term papers" twice each year - one in science and one in history. This was ALL public school. I was unable to go to college, but I became President of several investment companies and managed college educated people. I treasure the education I received even though for my age, it is an average, American education.
But yet the same idiots who were destroyed by this schooling demand that even more of the population are subjected to it.
while your points are legitimate, they are no excuse for some of those question. a lot of stuff are memorized, like names of countries, or what countries border the US, the number of seasons, or how many minuets are in a quarter of an hour. I mean you have to actively block information yourself to not know some of those stuff. they couldn't even name china, and you hear about it everywhere.
@@vahidfarahani9784 While I don't disagree with you, I think you're underestimating how stupid these kids are. Example: "what countries border the US" - an example you brought up - lets examine that question. Do the kids asked in the video - know, actually know - what it *means* to "border" something? Likely - the only time they've really heard the word "border" such as "a border" or "the border" - it was in reference to the U.S.-Mexico border and all the people crossing it illegally.
What I'm proposing to you is that you have under-estimated just how drastic their lack of cognition is. That they can repeat words, like "border" - and use language in ways they have heard people use it: but they those kids may genuinely not actually know what that word means. Their "understanding" of the word "border" may not be _a barrier or boundary between two differentiated things:_ but rather - a specific line between the U.S. and Mexico. They may, sincerely, not understand the *concept* of a border and therefore the question genuinely confused them.
That's the kind of lack of cognition I'm talking about: repetition without comprehension. That's what you get when you teach children to be parrots, repeating correct answers - without actually teaching them to conceptually understand the material.
When she said 1995 I started laughing so hard I literally fell off of the chair 🤣🤣🤣
That must have hurt.
Are you ok?
I was laughing so hard I started crying and got tummy ache 🤣🤣🤣
I think he should tell them the answer so at least they would know it was a wrong guess. Sating yes doesn't help them.
Teachers and Parents are to blame for this. Cell phones, video games and babysitters because the parents don’t want bothered are the biggest failures. This is extremely horrifying to watch.
@@veroj9280 The question you should ask is: where did these illiterate people get the money to buy all their stuff, some of it looking quite expensive?
@@veroj9280 They're not even inquisitive enough to look things up. And it's also that narcissistic culture of "nothing is more important than me, so why care about anything else?"
Someone's level of curiosity heavily depends on their parents' stimuli. And while I agree plenty of parents could do a much better job... the US is a nation with a terrible work/life balance, and it gets ever harder to make ends meet, especially for single parents. And when your main focus is on monotonously getting by, you are also much less likely to educate yourself, and pass curiosity on to your kid(s), during the time you do have together.
I was in an Irish bar in Manhattan once. An young American guy asked me where I was from. I thought he’d never know my town so I gave him the biggest city being Belfast. He replied “is that in London”. I told him yes 😂😂😂
It is not An young American, it is A young American!! You should take the plank out of your own eye first.
@@jillsmith1134 you’re right, I’m really sorry, bloody predictive text.
@@jillsmith1134it was necessary?
@@Tiziotozio01-cz1nd You bet it was. I am sick of people talking about others when they are no better. What is wrong with you? Just one more person in the world who thinks rules and manners are for everyone else. The kind of people who can dish it out but not take it.
@@Muttlythedog i think you were too dismissive of the young lad, a better answer would've been (imo) "Close enough" -- clarifying that it's NOT correct, but that the details aren't _that_ important unless they really want to know.
As an American, we don't claim them.
I feel for ya, mate. Scary stuff, eh. Being able to do arithmetic is kinda important. Rote learning was common when I was a kid, and I'll always know my times tables (don't even have to think, it's lodged in there). Additionally, many of these youngsters don't listen to the question. Understanding what is being asked is vital. If you start from a place of confusion, it's unlikely you'll get the correct answer.
I tried the 3 x3 x 3 on my friend's 7 year old and he got it right within a few seconds! What these people will do to survive in life is damn scary!
Dont matter as long as they can type on a computer its all good.
Lets hear it for America's public school teachers and administrators for the wonderful job they are doing to educate our children.
I don’t blame them as much as I do the parents. Do parents even ask their kids anymore, “what did you learn today?”
@@AnteaterOne I blame the system. Patents have been desperately fighting the school system to teach them practical stuff as opposed to identity politics
I teach all of these concepts in 2nd grade. The parents who care have the children who learn.
YES, A BIG APPLAUSE for the teachers and parents , who have placed these people at the SAME LEVEL AS THE APES.👏👏👏👏👏
Sad, isn't it man.
On their answers of 36 for 3x3x3 question, I’m wondering if they’re looking at it as the first 3, then they add the last numbers together to come up with 36? Hey, I’m just grabbing at straws here😂
Geologists differ in regard to what constitutes a continent. By various reasonings there are either 4 5,6, or 7 of them.
Yep, I swing between 5 and 7 depending on context / or who you're talking with, it's not a well defined thing, like the number of oceans.
@@davelordy I generally go with there being one ocean. It's the ocean.
I love how annoyed you are 😂 It's very close to how I, as a European, feel about these answers.
I am italian and the only multiple choice test I had was my driving test. Then I come to the USA and I get my mba through multiple choice. I already forgot everything.
0:31 yes, foreign people know this and also all of these questions, i dont understand how some americans dont
Now we clearly see what kind of "education" this country has. They would know more by not attending any schools here.
As a former teacher I can attest to the dumbing down in our educational system, from the top ( gov't) down. When attempting to show a student's actual grade I was told, by the principal, that I had to give them a better grade.
That is crazy, sad, & scary.
"No child left behind" wasn't necessarily a good idea.
I also was a teacher, now retired, and the Principal told the teachers to graduate these students that couldn’t write a paragraph, do simple math, or read at a high school level. This turned my stomach. The Principal was only concerned of how she looked on paper, and didn’t give a damn about the students learning or having basic knowledge or skills. So sad!
Is definitely a good way to drop college acceptance number, while the country burns around it. If the government is trying to make cannon fodder followers they are doing a good job at it. 😟😟😟
Same here, the administration asked me why I had so many 3rd graders failing I said well they failed the test and they basically couldn’t do 3rd grade math I had to lower the standard. I don’t know how they made it to 3rd, but basically they didn’t want me to fail them😠
I felt like I was in kindergarten. Who else was answering the questions like that kid who knows all the hard answers.. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣
😂😂😂
Ok, I having difficulty watching this, I live with this. YIKES!!
I went to college 20 years after graduating high school. Our physics teacher was so frustrated by students asking what formulas we have to memorize for the first test that he wrote a whole bunch of them on the board as we filed into the room on test day. And still some people didn't understand that most problems can be figured out based on the units given in the question.
I always saw these On-the-Street questions and found it hard to believe that so many people are so cluelessly illiterate. But since the advent of social media I actually do believe there are people like this walking among us.
*Thanks to my beloved parents for not letting me fail in school or get addicted to substances. I can NEVER thank you enough.*
Well said. It's ALL to do with parents, irrespective of social status or environment.
I agree with you cause the blame for this ignorance falls on the parents as well and also on the educational system. These videos might be "funny" to watch but I think it's a disgrace when someone can't name three countries but they can name all the Kardashians.
I concur and I would add that I’m thankful my parents taught me facts and truth!
@@kenUK762 I agree, but I also think with the “education” system primarily focusing on gender, race and feelings, there is no hope for the upcoming generations to be formally educated. There is a world of hurt coming our way if these kids are going to be running things.
I remember all the criticism we Millennials received for being ignorant. But that was Sean Hannity asking people to name the Supreme Court justices, Secretary of State, and Attorney General, (John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Suter, Stephen Brier, John Paul Stevens, Hillary Clinton, and Eric Holder) and I could rattle them off with little effort. I actually had to stop and consider some of the judges because I quit listening to Hannity for the mosg part before Justices Sotomayor and Kagan joined the court, and we have since added Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Jackson to the bench, so my mind has begun trying to confuse them. That being said, it does seem to be that the successive generations are becoming more ignorant.
Yep , if I want to cheer up , I just watch this type of vids ! Makes my day !