Stupidity in America?

I hear a lot of people talking about problems with education in America, with Americans being misinformed or stupid, etc. I have also heard many ideas to try and solve this problem. Some people say there should be more American History classes in school, some people advocate Voucher programs, and still some say we should just increase funding. Others say things are fine as they are. What do you think? Here's a video that should bring about some interesting discussion that I found on youtube. I hope you all enjoy it, and I'd like to hear what your reaction(s) are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eteamliquid%2Enet%2Fforum%2Fviewmessage%2Ephp%3Fcurrentpage%3D1%26topic%5Fid%3D58462

Please refrain from posting until you have at least seen the video.

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What benefits will this have?

Philosophy teaches people nothing, other than that there are tons of problems that no one knows the answer to (I've studied philosophy).

Physical education will not help a person's career (unless they want to play sports professionally), nor will it help combat obesity due to the huge number of calories in junk food.

Does America do enough business with any foreign country to make a second language useful?

As long as a person can do basic mathmatics they're learned enough. Most people don't need to know how to calculate the angles of a shape or understand matrixes.

Do American high schools devote too much time to teaching history?