<><>Those with an 8th grade education, knew far more, 100 years ago, than most recent graduates do now.
I definitely agree with that one. I started reading college textbooks at age 10. Didn’t graduate high school, too many credits in music, not enough in PE, failed Civics. Kept educating myself, still learn more than anything else, probably can keep up with any college grad these days, I used to have really interesting conversations with a college professor in the 80’s and could hold my own. My IQ was tested about age 7 or so, 151. Last time I checked out an online IQ test, about 10 years ago, 146. Most of these bozos today can’t even spell education...
I just never knew much about politics, never had much interest until I started seeing just how bad things had gotten and how dishonest the press was. I started checking into it...
The number of kids in college, today, who have to take at least 2 years of remedial, grammar school stuff, is astronomically high and a great many of them do NOT graduate, even after being in college for 6 years.
Yes, I went to college and graduate school, but I have NEVER stopped learning stuff. As a matter of fact, I just learned all about the Balkans Wars of 1912-13, which led up to WW I, the other day. I had known some of it, but now I know a great deal more about this topic and am VERY happy about this. :-)
We've posted to each other, through the years and yes, you can and DO hold your own.