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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 865 Views
The nation is falling apart due to stupidity - 22/09/2015 02:57:18 PM 638 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 568 Views
Accelerated Reader! - 22/09/2015 08:37:33 PM 616 Views
Re: Accelerated Reader! - 23/09/2015 01:18:37 AM 692 Views
It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though. - 22/09/2015 06:22:31 PM 683 Views
But it has. College is now teaching what high school should have. - 22/09/2015 09:00:20 PM 766 Views
I'll take your word for that, but... - 22/09/2015 11:02:28 PM 616 Views
Re: It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though. - 23/09/2015 02:03:03 AM 571 Views
To some extent - not entirely - it's just that the ideas of general knowledge were different. - 23/09/2015 06:25:36 PM 648 Views
You keep making this error in your logic. - 23/09/2015 07:44:00 PM 558 Views
Johnny can't read is hardly new - 28/09/2015 05:25:29 PM 583 Views
It's more symptomatic, IMO - 26/09/2015 05:49:12 PM 579 Views
We agree on most things, then. Good. - 26/09/2015 11:09:40 PM 516 Views
German? - 27/09/2015 03:21:51 PM 579 Views
Do you have the full statistics? That'd be interesting. - 27/09/2015 04:59:40 PM 540 Views
Can you list those language choices? - 28/09/2015 07:21:37 AM 603 Views
Wait, who is that a question to? - 28/09/2015 06:38:20 PM 554 Views
You. - 28/09/2015 08:05:54 PM 700 Views
Oh. I couldn't tell you exactly. - 28/09/2015 08:39:53 PM 586 Views
My local High School only offers Spanish and French - 28/09/2015 05:34:27 PM 543 Views
Indeed. - 27/09/2015 11:41:07 PM 510 Views
My experience is similar. - 02/10/2015 09:14:58 PM 525 Views
That 43% is another BS survey result - 28/09/2015 04:36:51 PM 571 Views

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