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Originally Posted by senior citizen
I agree with you 100% and I would have used your same words......"dumbing down". My pet peeve.
So many countries around the world have higher expectations for their students than do we as a nation.
This is why it's very important for education to begin at home, with a love of books and learning in general.........my reward is seeing our daughter and her husband plus our son and his wife.....continuing on with instilling the love of books and learning in general with their own children.........
No one should feel a need to "dumb down".....if so, it's very sad.
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Was at a recent conference where the speaker talked about the kids in China and Korea---how they are taught and study. Here, he made some comment regarding computer games---which our kids are more proficient in than achademia these days. Ask any of them a basic geography question or when the civil war was faught or any early American history question. MANY do not know the answers these days. Think (again) the questions on the street that Jay Leno asks.