{"id":3429,"date":"2010-07-04T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T16:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2012-11-15T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:42:25","slug":"ouch-jay-leno-embarrasses-the-american-educational-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/04\/ouch-jay-leno-embarrasses-the-american-educational-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouch: Jay Leno Embarrasses the American Educational System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I probably shouldn&#8217;t post this today, it&#8217;s pretty depressing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/ll_embed?f=7f4e082b5265\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ouch, I&#8217;m not sure what this bit from the Tonight Show really says about the American educational system, but it&#8217;s painfully embarrassing. There&#8217;s simply no excuse for an American citizen not knowing basic American history, the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Federalist Papers, The Anti-Federalist Papers and James Madison&#8217;s notes on the Constitutional debates should all be required reading in schools.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t answer basic questions like the ones asked here I&#8217;d suggest picking up a history book&#8230; Two of my favorites are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/History-United-States-Its-People\/dp\/096527358X\/ref=pd_ys_iyr106\" target=\"_blank\">A History of the United States and Its People by Edward Eggleston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Heritage-Hillsdale-College-History\/dp\/0916308286\/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1329250744&amp;sr=1-6\" target=\"_blank\">American Heritage: A Reader by The Hillsdale College History Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>H\/T: <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2010\/07\/03\/video-leno-demonstrates-effectiveness-of-american-education-on-history\/\">Ed Morrissey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I probably shouldn&#8217;t post this today, it&#8217;s pretty depressing&#8230; Ouch, I&#8217;m not sure what this bit from the Tonight Show really says about the American educational system, but it&#8217;s painfully embarrassing. There&#8217;s simply no excuse for an American citizen not knowing basic American history, the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Federalist Papers, The Anti-Federalist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,62,71],"tags":[55,860,1028],"class_list":{"0":"post-3429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture","7":"category-education","8":"category-entertainment","9":"tag-independence-day","10":"tag-jay-leno","11":"tag-jaywalking","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Tj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13407,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/04\/george-washington-i-conceive-a-knowledge-of-books-is-the-basis-upon-which-other-knowledge-is-to-be-built\/","url_meta":{"origin":3429,"position":0},"title":"George Washington: I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.","author":"Jeff","date":"April 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In a letter to Jonathan Boucher dated July 9, 1771 George Washington wrote \"I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.\" George Washington was born in the Age of Reason, he was a part of a generation of that had access\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Washington-Books.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Washington-Books.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Washington-Books.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Washington-Books.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Washington-Books.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2772,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/25\/video-rush-limbuagh-runs-over-al-gore-twice\/","url_meta":{"origin":3429,"position":1},"title":"Video: Rush Limbuagh Runs Over Al Gore&#8230; Twice&#8230;","author":"Jeff","date":"September 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I missed Rush Limbaugh's appearance on the Jay Leno show last night... 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Daley also said he didn\u2019t have any good answers for some of what President Obama is doing and expressed frustration about the \u201cbureaucratic stuff that\u2019s hard to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":580,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/02\/ouch-someones-not-happy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3429,"position":4},"title":"Ouch&#8230; Someone&#8217;s Not Happy","author":"Jeff","date":"October 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Someone's not happy about the Bush\/Paulson\/Bernanky bailout plan. 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