tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post724279390157963005..comments2023-10-29T05:43:20.076-07:00Comments on Ornery Bastard: The Dumbing Down Of America Is CompletePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-46858943169736879122009-09-20T16:25:16.634-07:002009-09-20T16:25:16.634-07:00Ah, another thought on young people. Every generat...Ah, another thought on young people. Every generation has it's strengths and weaknesses.<br /><br />Watch <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20090919_truthdigs_editorial_roundtable/" rel="nofollow"> this.</a>nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-81009844656229210212009-09-20T15:54:04.853-07:002009-09-20T15:54:04.853-07:00OOH! I know that one. Ben Franklin. AMIRITE?OOH! I know that one. Ben Franklin. AMIRITE?Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-55939419195815120172009-09-20T15:49:25.365-07:002009-09-20T15:49:25.365-07:00I think Mayberry nailed it best. I posted on this ...I think Mayberry nailed it best. I posted on this the other day. In our state they're talking about lowering the standards to D for HS graduation. Just what we need more Bushs.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-86086390813527273152009-09-19T11:03:44.794-07:002009-09-19T11:03:44.794-07:00Glad to see you are getting on this subject. BTW, ...Glad to see you are getting on this subject. BTW, last I read, 1 out of 3 who start HS fail to graduate. cThat is either just here in Texas, or nationwide, I don't remember which. I have read art. that state just how the schools are cheating re their actual graduation rates. 1 HS in Austin TX was closed after it was discoved that their actual grad rate was only 2%. And that had been covered up for several years.<br /> We are turning into a country of imbeciles and idiots. Our schools need to get back to basics. Throw out the damn standardized tests and go back to the end of term end of year test like I had back in the 60s. We need reading, writing, arithmatic, geography, government and history. Instead of crap like throwing several subjects into civics class. My kids all graduated years ago. My youngests graduating class was 28. Mine back in 68 was 93. Smaller schools, smaller class sizes and stop teaching to the dumbest kid in class. The kids don't need coddling, they need a challenge. Many who drop out do so because they are flat out bored. Self esteem is fine, but not if you have no idea how to act as an adult. Adults fail and if kids can't handle failure then we as a nation are so screwedtimrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-38059193221874303862009-09-19T07:06:44.176-07:002009-09-19T07:06:44.176-07:00bravo, America!
yes we can.bravo, America!<br /><br />yes we can.Agihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778381024099306149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-72430640412599569632009-09-18T19:33:05.145-07:002009-09-18T19:33:05.145-07:00They are teaching them to work, shut up, go to the...They are teaching them to work, shut up, go to the mall and spend money on useless things as their only form of entertainment and social acceptance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-85263857469893666522009-09-18T15:33:16.397-07:002009-09-18T15:33:16.397-07:00The kids are insisting on
teaching the teachers h...The kids are insisting on <br /><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9039239/Text-Messaging-and-its-Effect-on-Teen-Grammar" rel="nofollow">teaching the teachers how to text message. </a> <br /><br />I don't know whether to laugh or cry.nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-39736204205355386302009-09-18T14:00:09.541-07:002009-09-18T14:00:09.541-07:00They are teaching kids how to be good little zombi...They are teaching kids how to be good little zombies. They are teaching them to be submissive employees and government subjects. Good parents (like me) counteract the government educational brainwashing with the foundations of Freedom and Liberty, as well as good citizenship, charity, and all those other things that are long gone in this country. Critical thinking skills have gone by the wayside, because most kids these days are simply being taught how to pass standardized government tests. Their crackhead parents don't give a fuck, or their single parents are too fuckin' busy trying to keep their heads above water to counteract the bullshit being pumped into their childrens' heads. The few two-parent households left are both working, trying in vain to maintain their "socially acceptable" McMansions and flashy Beemers, or on the lower end of the financial scale, trying to tread water like so many others. Our kids are suffering for our blind consumer lifestyle, and government cornholing. This shit needs to end, or we're all fucked.....Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.com