I remember hearing an 8th grader ask one of her friends what the capital of Canada was, like she was quizzing her friend, and her friend, believe it or not, seriously couldn't answer it. The school is in Ottawa. She didn't even know the city we lived in was the capital of Canada. I lost many brain cells that day. Another incident is where a teacher was talking about what was happening in Ferguson. She said "Why didn't the cop shoot Michael Brown in the legs?"