proof that america's education fails

so i was watching jay leno's last night at the tonite show on his last show he had a 'the best of jaywalking' which is jay walking around asking U.S. citizens extremely basic questions about the world in general. and it is basically a compilation of the dumbest found on the face of this earth. most of the questions are amazingly easy, i admit there are some i don't know such as completing some common phrases where i have just never heard of some of these and obviously other people as well. but there are just SOME questions as americans we should know. a common question jay asks is who is the first president of the united states... you would think EVERY person that has been eduacted in the US for at least 1 year would know that question. but amazingly they don't! its like ARE YOU SERIOUS? sometimes some people are just nervous and just blurt out the first thing on their head and realize they just didnt think so they laugh it off. thats ok.. but there are some people who are like 'yes, thats the answer' typ of attitude and im like 'wow... please go back to the 3rd grade!' and then there are other things like some pretty common vocabulary like 'who wrote the autobiography of malcom x' and the fool says he doesnt know?!?! UHHHH AUTObiography you moron.. he wrote it himself. sigh.. it just amazes me how uneducated people really are with such BASIC knowledge that the general american SHOULD know. of course i understand the comedy bit takes the dumbest mofos they can find, but why do i get the feeling its not that hard for em to find these mofos. if my kids are ever like this im gonna slit my wrist