I will go counter to the gloom and doom theme of this thread.
First, if there is a science fair in your city go to it (we have one every year here at work) it will boggle you mind what young people are doing nowadays.
Second, my niece and step daughter graduated from high school a year or two ago... they studied calculus, Latin, The list of books they had to read was daunting, and most high schools require 'X' hours of community service to graduate.
Miles above what high school was like when I went in the 70's.
I am not afraid of the future.
