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Posted on 07/04/2026 10:26:04 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
As the country marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a new ๐๐๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ survey lands like a gut punch: nearly half of all Americans โ ๐๐% โ donโt know what America 250 is actually celebrating. Among Gen Z, itโs worse: ๐๐% couldnโt say.
Laura Ingraham didnโt hold back on air: โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด? ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? ๐๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ?โ
The answer, judging by the numbers, is neither โ just a void where basic civics used to be. This is the anniversary of the single document that founded the country: the ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐, ๐๐๐๐. Itโs not an obscure date. Itโs the one every American child used to be able to name without blinking. A generation raised on ideology instead of history canโt defend a country it was never taught to understand. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ
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Great idea but many school districts wont allow it. There was a teacher shortage in the late 90’s in the state that I lived. One of the proposals was to let your scenario play out. But the PTB said that that was impossible. “How would they know how to teach??” Sure, like most professions dont have some teaching aspect to it and they would also have practical knowledge. They only way they would allow it is if you had a teaching degree which at that time would take 2 years.
So, who is going to waste 2 years getting a worthless degree after they have retired? The left’s mantras of “paying it forward” and “It’s for the children” ring hollow.
And this is exactly what obama wanted when he did what he did to the Department of Education.
When you get really stupid, someone is going to take your lunch money. Or, in this particular scenario, your nation. :(
In my town, public school reading comprehension is 13%, 4% math. In my hometown, both are 0%.
No wonder young people don’t know what America 250 represents. They can’t read or count that high, and have they actually been taught American history?
By the way, both towns produced billionaires in the day from the same schools. It is criminal how far the public schools have declined in much of the country.
this is complete BS...
There are indeed a lot of morons out there, but I wont believe for a second it’s 61%. maybe, maybe 5%...
If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15!
“The children” are failing partly because they mistakenly assume that the future does not belong to everyone.
The schools are to busy with teaching kids that America stole the land, Whites are racists, that there are 160 genders, men can get pregnant, straights are homophobes and other BS.
Did Generation Z not have any parents???
10th graders with “honorary” college diplomas. The maggots can’t talk or think. Losers. Ph.D.s are now equivalent to a 10th grade education.
Good point.
They were too busy learning about LGBT issues, that men can easily become women - and they should too, and how evil the U.S. is b/c of slavery and genocide against peaceful Indians.
Honestly the first time I saw “America 250” I thought “wtf is that”. Because they didn’t bother to say anything about Independence Day or anything else. Just dropped a word and a number, bad branding, gotta give people context.
What do you expect from dope heads.
You're disrespecting your fellow Freepers because #1, typing in ALL CAPS is bad netiquette (the equivalent of SHOUTING).
And #2, your headline doesn't merit or deserve any more attention than anyone else's.
Yet you're SCREAMING in bold-face.
Following.
Obviously, based upon our current national reading, math, and science scores they should be asking that question of those who now hold teaching certificates. You know, the same people who regularly go out on strike and extort the public.
I've had some great teachers in my life for whom I have a lot of respect and admiration. That said, I take great issue with the idea / commentary that 'Teachers aren't paid enough', and 'We should be giving more money to teachers instead of to the military'
Can you imagine the screams from the left if we started linking teacher pay to outcomes (with an adjustment factor for where you are teaching)?
For the past few Independence Day celebrations we have gathered with family at a family members dock-uminium at a large lake. There are a couple of dozen units at this particular dock (of dozens of similar docks in this large cove.
As the evening progresses there are pockets of revelers of various ages (Zs, alphas, Xs, etc.)
I have developed a routine where I will stop and politely interrupt various groups with the intro of “We hold these truths to be self-evident...”. Here I pause and look expectantly for someone, anyone to join in. CRICKETS - accompanied by quizzical looks - like I am speaking a foreign language.
I continue with a pleading/inviting look for anyone to join in. The best participation I got this year - an astute young scholar joined in at - “...and the pursuit of happiness”
Your comments are absurd since I was not the author of the posted article.
And besides that, you're being a snob.
Relevant story: When our daughter was in fifth grade they stopped giving spelling words/tests. We continued at home with our own list of words. Fast forward to her 7th grade year. She was in the advanced placement class. The teacher was absolutely disgusted that most of the kids couldnt spell very well so he started giving them spelling and vocabulary tests every week.
Upshot: it was the same school district!!!!
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