[marsh2]

The current system is not only creating the ignorant. Oakland school district recently dropped any discipline in the form of consequences for disrespectful, disruptive and inattentive behavior. None of these students will be employable if they don’t learn basic self discipline and workplace ready behavior. Then they wonder why they can’t get a job...

[Buttons12]

better off if we took education seriously and made our public schools the best they can be

That public schools, at best, could be any good, is not a premise everyone can accept. Personally I think they are part of the problem.

It's like saying Americans would be healthier if welfare food was the best it could be.

[mrsmith]

Advantages to ‘the rich’ of poorly educated, and/or mis-educated, people:
1. They make gullible customers that can be over-charged.
2. They vote for politicians who subsidize ‘the rich’.
3. They can’t compete, so ‘the rich’ can behave stupidly without consequence.

[fieldmarshaldj]

A lot of rich people are dumb. They may be “talented” in a given area that has allowed them to make money, but when it comes to other things (such as support for maintaining civilization via opposing leftism), they are extraordinarily stupid and naïve.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There are a number of wealthy people who, after they have climbed the ladder, work as hard as they can to pull the ladder up after them.

Then there is another group of rich people who just are not paying attention. This is the larger group. They are interested in their own lives and their own businesses. If it does not happen inside their little sphere they do not notice it.

Then there are those who realize what is going on and are trying to find some way to change it. These are the people who are either ignored, slapped in the face or vilified.

[ExSES]

If you truly want to research the issue..., read the materials on Thomas Dewey (Father of Public Education?). As I recall..., the basic goal was to educate children to a level at which they could be workers... Now, it seems we have "evolved" to where we no longer need "workers" and the REAL jobs will go to those who control the machines! Thus, we have the phenomenon of educating children to become wards of the state (eventually, regarded as surplus and disposable?)

[expat2]

Fortunately, we have Asian Americans who are bright and well-educated, many whites and quite few hispanics who are bright and educate themselves.

[upchuck]

The handbasket from Hell, in which our precious country will soon take its final ride, approaches closer and closer.

Prepare NOW!

[MrEdd]

Don’t dopes feel better in the company of other dopes?

The rich are a representative part of “most people.”

Look how many bought into anthropomorphic global warming, and cannot name nor describe any competing climate theory.

[Arthur McGowan]

Which of the Republican candidates will AGGRESSIVELY move to END government schools?

[TexasFreeper2009]

The article assumes the schools are purposely not trying to teach the children.

When the truth is, the percentage of morons is increasing exponentially, and these morons are not capable of learning. Most of them register as retarded when tested (which they use as an excuse when they get convicted of murder)

[familyop]

If they’re so rich, why aren’t they smart? Here’s a very entertaining classic short story that’s well worth reading.

The Marching Morons
By C. M. Kornbluth
http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/kornbluthcm-marchingmorons/kornbluthcm-marchingmorons-00-e.html

[5th MEB]

It’s called “IDIOCRACY”. Drink BRAWNDO, IT’S GOT ELECTROLITES, IT’S WHAT PLANTS CRAVE. just ask EL PRESIDENTE MACHO COMACHO EL SUPREMO DEBARKO OBASTARDO.
He likes MONEY.
He is a perfect example of where the country is going, Affirmative Action Idiot Welfare Case.