Ya gotta love the educational system in this country. Our mission: Totally dumb down the American children. They are doing a bang up job.
Agree 100%. I do volunteer work in the schools and am constantly amazed at the lack of knowledge.
IMHO, the biggest problem is that the kids are not being taught how to do critical thinking.
Might be true of some, but I'll see that statement and raise you a half-dozen school age grandkids of my acquaintance.
Got a request from the 11yo grandson a few weeks ago; Wanted a copy of my resume to show to his "Science" teacher after the kid had debunked the GW scam during class, cited me as his source and got the "Well, he's not a REAL scientist" from the teacher as a rebuttal. (Don't know exactly how that was received, but his Mom said that his grades are all still B+ or better and her conference with that teacher was pleasant, but only took a couple of minutes.)
Don't think that I'll see any invitations to come visit that class, though.