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But it has. College is now teaching what high school should have. Tom Send a noteboard - 22/09/2015 09:00:20 PM

The original post highlights that sad fact. The demands on people are less and less, and consequently, people who know very little may have a degree in something from a dubious educational institution. These individuals believe they are the polymaths of our age as a result. Then they misuse apostrophes in simple sentences while decrying that Obama is really a Muslim - and not just that, a sympathizer of ISIS - and at the same time a committed Marxist devoted to the principles of dialectical materialism (though I doubt they understand either set of ideas enough to see that they are mutually exclusive).

It's not just the Republicans, either. Howard Stern went out on the streets in I believe Harlem back in 2012 to ask about the election. Listen to the results.

And yes, my daughter speaks English and Russian. The Latin is great for teaching grammar early.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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I don't understand education priorities - 22/09/2015 04:21:44 AM 896 Views
The nation is falling apart due to stupidity - 22/09/2015 02:57:18 PM 669 Views
It amazes me how many parents don't seem to think they have a role in thier children's education - 22/09/2015 05:44:33 PM 601 Views
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Re: Accelerated Reader! - 23/09/2015 01:18:37 AM 720 Views
It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though. - 22/09/2015 06:22:31 PM 714 Views
But it has. College is now teaching what high school should have. - 22/09/2015 09:00:20 PM 802 Views
I'll take your word for that, but... - 22/09/2015 11:02:28 PM 650 Views
Re: It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though. - 23/09/2015 02:03:03 AM 604 Views
To some extent - not entirely - it's just that the ideas of general knowledge were different. - 23/09/2015 06:25:36 PM 682 Views
You keep making this error in your logic. - 23/09/2015 07:44:00 PM 594 Views
Johnny can't read is hardly new - 28/09/2015 05:25:29 PM 618 Views
It's more symptomatic, IMO - 26/09/2015 05:49:12 PM 612 Views
We agree on most things, then. Good. - 26/09/2015 11:09:40 PM 548 Views
German? - 27/09/2015 03:21:51 PM 607 Views
Do you have the full statistics? That'd be interesting. - 27/09/2015 04:59:40 PM 570 Views
Can you list those language choices? - 28/09/2015 07:21:37 AM 650 Views
Wait, who is that a question to? - 28/09/2015 06:38:20 PM 583 Views
You. - 28/09/2015 08:05:54 PM 748 Views
Oh. I couldn't tell you exactly. - 28/09/2015 08:39:53 PM 617 Views
My local High School only offers Spanish and French - 28/09/2015 05:34:27 PM 572 Views
Indeed. - 27/09/2015 11:41:07 PM 541 Views
My experience is similar. - 02/10/2015 09:14:58 PM 553 Views
That 43% is another BS survey result - 28/09/2015 04:36:51 PM 603 Views

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