"When was the last time you met anyone who was ashamed because they didn't know something?" -- Very timely opinion piece on our "whatever" culture, where young people not only don't know things they probably should, but don't care too much about it either. Are the Internet and the global economy responsible, or just plain old devolution and laziness? Interesting note, the undergrads I teach had no idea what...wait for it...a FotoMat was! But that's just because most of them were born in 1985, not that FotoMat was some sort of cultural touchstone. Yes, that's right, I said 1985. I am teaching college students who were born when I was in fifth grade! Deep breath...remain calm...