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Originally Posted by Michael G.
Also, how did the younger generation graduate from school, and never learn how to balance a check book??
Or can't tell time from a numbered clock, only from a digital clock?
Don't laugh, this is real.
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My mother could not balance a checkbook. She completely did not understand how she did not have money in the account when she wrote a check, because she called the bank and asked what her balance was. The idea was that she had written another check that had not yet cleared, and the reason her account was overdrawn was the two checks finally cleared.
No amount of discussion could explain it to her. I don't think it is just the "youngsters".
But, I will readily agree our educational system has gone down the drain. It used to be that countries would send representatives here to see how ours worked. Now they laugh at us.
I disagree with the crowd that wants to throw out our education system. I just want to fire all/any ad administrators that are in it for the money. I don't have a solution, I hope someone comes up with one. Education is important. I have heard very few suggestions on how to fix it.