Can Gen Z kids answer basic questions?

I have been watching man-on-the-street interviews of Gen Z teenagers up to 22 years old or so.

There hundreds of You Tube videos. They are both funny and sad at the same time.

It shows that our education system is seriously flawed, and these same people will be running
things in the near future. Obviously this is NOT all Gen Z kids, but I believe it is too big of a
percentage.

You have to watch it to believe it. It is either true, or they found hundreds of VERY talented
actors, but it's easy to tell how perplexed they are by these basic questions, this one for
example. "How many moons does the earth have"

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

I think it's easy to write off a generation based on nothing more than a popular series of videos designed to acquire likes; hearts and comments which can then be converted to advertising revenue when they produce the next one !
Ask yourself who's being played here ?

Can't say that I've seen or heard Teachers bitterly complain that they're being asked to teach nonsense.
Can you ?

Not that it's pertinently connected but it does beg the question why certain online stuff is specifically created and targeted at youngsters and why it isolates so many.
You can tell that by their postings.
Even on here

DogMan · 61-69, M

@Picklebobble2 Every video since the beginning of videos, has had a target audience,
and every video, TV show, even news shows are about advertising and money.
So I guess that everyone who has ever watched a video, is "Being Played" right?

As far as teachers, there are teachers that complain about what is being
taught, but most do as their told, since they do not create the curriculum.