Wednesday, April 07, 2004
The Dumbing-Down of America
This brief piece from FoxNews mentions how PC textbooks have "watered down stories in social studies books."
I'm SHOCKED!
According to a study done by the American Federation of Teachers ... only 11 percent of eighth-graders have even a basic understanding of United States history.
Add that to the percentage of eighth-graders (or tenth-graders, or twelfth-graders) that can't master basic spelling and punctuation, and what do we have? THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM!
Perhaps more federal funding could solve the problem? And maybe teachers could Hollywood revisionist history "epics" to supplement their watered-down lessons. I hear that a movie fitting that description opens nationwide on Friday.
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I'm SHOCKED!
According to a study done by the American Federation of Teachers ... only 11 percent of eighth-graders have even a basic understanding of United States history.
Add that to the percentage of eighth-graders (or tenth-graders, or twelfth-graders) that can't master basic spelling and punctuation, and what do we have? THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM!
Perhaps more federal funding could solve the problem? And maybe teachers could Hollywood revisionist history "epics" to supplement their watered-down lessons. I hear that a movie fitting that description opens nationwide on Friday.
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