tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post5101255513219766194..comments2024-03-26T17:30:22.600-08:00Comments on Way Up North: Why Are Students So Ignorant?Rev. Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-24209561780332773782016-11-18T08:44:55.431-09:002016-11-18T08:44:55.431-09:00threecollie, that's the sort of thing that get...threecollie, that's the sort of thing that gets folks riled up. At least in the areas where we've lived.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-87040871959009391072016-11-18T08:26:50.325-09:002016-11-18T08:26:50.325-09:00I had a friend sit and explain this to me when our...I had a friend sit and explain this to me when our kids were little...and then we watched it happen. At least our small local schools do a much better job than those in the cities. Our kids were far better prepared than many for college, where the indoctrination really gets intense. Had one teacher who would kick kids out of the class, which was required, if they didn't echo her political opinions. In a state school no less.threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-74108992875643265452016-11-18T05:22:58.832-09:002016-11-18T05:22:58.832-09:00They might, Rob. That's the sort of irrelevant...They might, Rob. That's the sort of irrelevant triviality which colleges teach nowadays. :/Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-55048776473943258842016-11-18T03:42:55.138-09:002016-11-18T03:42:55.138-09:00How many licks does it take to get to the center o...How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?? The world may never know. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800149852939042454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-86522251600587113192016-11-17T18:42:14.381-09:002016-11-17T18:42:14.381-09:00Exactly, Jim. The deliberate dumbing-down ramped u...Exactly, Jim. The <i>deliberate</i> dumbing-down ramped up to full speed under Pres. Wilson.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-6960057472484175932016-11-17T18:37:39.761-09:002016-11-17T18:37:39.761-09:00Woodrow Wilson was a huge proponent of the Prussia...Woodrow Wilson was a huge proponent of the Prussian system of schooling that had two levels.<br /><br />One for the elite who would go to University, and one for the rest of us who would be taught *just enough* so we could read, write, do simple arithmetic, <i>and be good little factory workers</i>, nothing more, nothing less.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-3555686095473212202016-11-17T17:55:06.107-09:002016-11-17T17:55:06.107-09:00Sadly true. Of course progs will claim that they a...Sadly true. Of course progs will claim that they are teaching the younger generation to be more... loving and accepting, while destroying the country.<br />Ugh.<br /><br />Be safe.<br /><br />LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-9936834099417133282016-11-17T17:22:06.150-09:002016-11-17T17:22:06.150-09:00That's not so surprising, Ed, as the Fabian Pr...That's not so surprising, Ed, as the Fabian Progressive movement began there.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-63995622921315559092016-11-17T17:15:15.865-09:002016-11-17T17:15:15.865-09:00Public schools in Britain were first introduced to...Public schools in Britain were first introduced to produce worker drones, not thinkers.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.com