Failed Education System

While helping an associate with her homework, it became blatantly obvious to me that society is extremely ignorant. She was working on a unit regarding the history of biomedical ethics. She didn't know the Nazi's conducted human research. She didn't know about the Tuskegee Syphillis study. I then proceeded to give her a history lesson starting with the rise of Nazi power in Germany and ending with the end of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was discussed because she believed The Wall was built in the 90s - when it was actually built in 1982. She also thought that the Korean War and the Vietnam War were fought in the 1960s. It was a long morning. The sad part is, she's not the only individual I have encountered that is ignorant about American history. John Q. Citizen is quite ignorant. We make individuals vying for citizenship know more about America than we make our children know.