My UC-Berkeley kid frustrates the heck out of me because he wouldn’t have a clue how to get anywhere without GPS and wouldn’t be able to identify almost any geographical city or country location on a map. And wouldn’t be able to know or talk about anything going on with politics or current events. On the other hand, weirdly enough, he knows very little about cars, food, TV shows or movies either, or sports history. But sure knows his fantasy football, soccer, basketball and baseball stats. And his Pokémon and Yugioh characters.
@ProfessorPlum168 now we are talking lol 
my sister went to Berkeley and your son ha ha!
I get it 100% my daughter its Rubiks cubes, board games, and any new trendy t.v show the current one being “To all the boys I’ve loved before” on Netflix of course.
I just recently read about a man who broke up with his girlfriend who was getting her masters degree in english from an ivy league school because he found out that she didn’t know who Joseph Stalin was. I’m sure this young woman was considered “smart” throughout her academic career but for him, the lack of awareness of major 20th century historical figures was a dealbreaker. I’m inclined to agree. I once had a very sweet roommate who was getting top grades in a challenging nursing program who had never heard of the holocaust at the age of 20. She literally had no idea that such a thing had occurred.
My college roommate was a college SR when she read The Godfather. She thought it was amazing the author invented some criminal underworld the author called the Mafia. We had to break the news to her that the Mafia was alive and real.
I know a young adult who broke up with someone who is by all mean bright because they were so apathetic about politics that they didn’t vote in the 2016 election. I think that is a good reason.
@HImom When was this? Mafia was killing each other as late as late 80s and early 90s.
It was in the mid-70s. She was also dating an older man who lived in his vehicle, wore a black cape and was convinced someone was after him (we convinced her to not see him any more).