Sadly the only things most 'youngsters' care about now are Vajazzles and Celeb Big brother!
.. and those who cannot remember Celeb Big Brother are condemned to repeat it.
Or summat..
Once worked with a highly educated wench (MSc in Chem Eng) in her early 30s who thought D-Day had taken place in the 18th C. When put right, she exclaimed, "Well how do you expect me to know that? It was before I was born..!"
I heard a few years ago that UK schools had combined History and Geography and taught it as "Humanities"?