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To: Morgana

“She told the outlet: ‘I don’t do the whole Illiad. I assign books of The Illiad. I hope that some of them will read the whole thing.“

Remember when we used to boot people who couldn’t shoulder the load. You know, do the work. Absorb what must be absorbed. In what subjects is all of this dumbing down happening?


8 posted on 10/05/2024 11:19:09 AM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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To: TalBlack; Morgana

At MIT, we read the whole Odyssey (in English translation)! No excerpts, no cassette tapes! And I went there before the cellphone era.

My Humanities courses at MIT also taught me how to write. I didn’t find out how lousy my high school writing was until I went through these MIT courses. The writing I learned carried over into my science courses, all the way to my PhD thesis.

As for TikTok, it should be banned. If elected, Trump will do it!


27 posted on 10/05/2024 11:47:38 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: TalBlack

That’s what I was thinking. The adults set the standard and if you can’t cope, you fail. Welcome the the world.
Sad what we’ve become.


66 posted on 10/06/2024 6:16:55 AM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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