I am sure every generation looks at the one before with a little contempt for what seems like a bunch of slack-off jerkwads who someday will be running the show and didn't pay attention to anything you told them. Still, you have to sometimes wonder if you're the first generation with merit to feel that way.
A Jeep-sponsored survey found that most Americans are like clueless about their presidents. Among the survey's findings: - Almost one in ten 18-24 year-olds named Abraham Lincoln as the first president of the U.S. - Three percent of college graduates could not name the current president of the United States. - More than half didn't know that Franklin D. Roosevelt was president for most of World War II. - More than half couldn't name Andrew Jackson as the president on the U.S. $20 bill.
I am going to hope that the smart kids were smart enough to dodge having to answer a survey.
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No, you can't be president thanks to that felony charge in New Mexico back in '95.
Plus your not a "natural-born" US citizen.
Plus your not 35 years old.
Plus your a girl.
hehe.
The cash question is a little skewed though. It's not quite something that comes up in the normal high school curriculum. And frankly, the older I've gotten, the more I've relied on credit cards/debit cards. I barely ever carry cash anymore, and I certainly don't make it part of my daily rountine to stare at my money to remember which president is on which monotone green slip. Of course, none of survey results above surprised me at all...
Funny thing is I can answer most of those questions but did not know (remember) That FDR was prez during WW2. Oh well, still dosent mean I can't be president.