[ken21]

at albertons’ deli i met a mexican kid recently graduated from a california high school that did not know

what one-third of a pound is.

he said that recently customers had taught him what one-quarter and one-half of a pound are.

[Varda]

Public education is an equal opportunity waste of time. Here in Pennsylvania where many generations of ancestors have been born in America, it is routine for recent High School graduates to be unable to make change without help.

[wintertime]

at albertons’ deli i met a mexican kid recently graduated from a california high school that did not know what one-third of a pound is.
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I once made the mistake of asking a the kid behind the Subway shop to cut my sandwich in thirds. I got that deer in the headlights look.

I now when I go to Subway, I ask, “Please cut the sandwich into 3 equal pieces.”