Future Voters.... Oh Boy....

I am concerned over the future of our government. Talking to some of my classmate I discovered a rather alarming trend. While they spouted the dogma of their parents well, they could not explain any details nor, in the more extreme cases, could they even tell me who the head of the executive branch was.
After an impromptu explanation of what the various functions of government are, I realized that if in the two or three years that these individuals are not taught right, we will have a problem. People who are uneducated about government are just scary to think about at the ballot box.
I know that there is a requirement for schools to teach about the government and stuff but still, are these classes really enough? This is the future of our government we're putting at risk! We have a system of classes that clearly are too difficult or just too boring for a vast number of kids and does not stress enough the importance of political education? Can we really afford to keep such a system?