[Wardenclyffe]

I am a former teacher and can tell you that students of today are not taught things like basic geography, for example. Social studies books are filled with politically correct "facts." There are more examples but I won't bore you with them.

I believe that students of today are not as well educated as students of 1900, and I will stick to that conclusion.

[aft_lizard]

Being taught them and being able to learn them are two completely seperate things. Or did you not learn that? The simple fact is the only way you woulod be able to quantify your statement is to take a group of students from today and teach them as they were taught in 1900 and compare results. Something you can not do.

So as I said you statement stands with out merit.

[FelixFelicis]

>>students of today are not taught things like basic geography<<

The other day I caught a few minutes of the gameshow “Family Feud.” With the game on the line, the families were asked to name four countries, other than America, that begin with the letter “A.” One family got Argentina but then struck out with blank stares and guesses like “Asia.” The other family then got the chance to win the game by coming up with just one of the remaining answers. After putting their heads together and racking their collective brains... they guessed Amsterdam.