Joe Steel
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This is frightening.
Obviously, the education system has failed. It has failed to teach these students the object and capabilities of government.
“I don’t think about government that much,” added Grace Nissi, a junior at Penn State.
Their comments are typical of nearly 80 young people interviewed in central Pennsylvania, a diverse cross-section of blue- and white-collar, black, white, Hispanic and Asian-American, students majoring in physics, health administration, advertising, electrical engineering and more _ from Pennsylvania State University and the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology.
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They came of age viewing Washington as incapable and unwilling to ease the sort of tensions that could have consequences in their lives. The oldest of their generation were entering second grade as Bill Clinton was becoming president. That means that in their lifetime, government has been a relentless object of scorn, if not ridicule.
Young Americans: Connected To The World, Disconnected From Politics - The National Memo
Obviously, the education system has failed. It has failed to teach these students the object and capabilities of government.