[cherry]

"You can't eat off your IQ; only skills will get you a decent income."

Good citizens is what our educational system was set up to produce....

that does not mean we need everyone to be an engineer, a pilot, a doctor or a lawyer.... it means having parents know a thing or two about child raising....that doesn't take a genius.....

we need people to be able to read a voter's pamphlet and understand what they are voting for.....

so ...a job to earn money....know how to raise children...know how to vote.....

in all these cases, the schools have done very poorly.....

[Aquinasfan]

Good citizens is what our educational system was set up to produce....

That's what I was told too. But it's not true.

The truth is far more interesting, however tragic.

The Underground History of American Education.

[cinives]

I know the concept of public schools in thos country weren't sold to parents in 1880 on the basis of good citizenship.