I personally think Americans have a major shortage in their understanding of the world's geography history and cultures. The world tends to view them as far less educated about the world outside their borders then most as I have experianced when speaking to different non-Americans. I'd suggest more lessons on the rest of the world personally, but who knows. I do know for sure however that it befell my parents and grandparents to teach me how to be a free thinking human being. If my teacher told me not to have sex before I was 18, I'd have told him/her to very immorally f*** off. Yet I am likely a fairly decent person, elected to Municipal office at 19 would indicate that to some extent. Though not religious I would certainly have entertained a class on contemporary culture studies, but that would differ greatly from a lesson on how one should or shouldn't live.