tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post4676217734001870292..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Dammit, JoePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-90605200558032778822021-05-03T12:52:37.853-04:002021-05-03T12:52:37.853-04:00Anything that helps US citizens become smarter is ...Anything that helps US citizens become smarter is a plus. Americans, by and large, seem to be getting dumber with each passing decade (starting with Regan's deregulation and shipping jobs out of the country in the '80s). With a better educated citizenry who knows history, we might be able to get better legislators elected, and I might be able to have an intelligent conversation with most of the other citizens I meet. Not the case right now.Vanessa Otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664867778791461497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-71465464274720565212021-05-01T02:12:07.654-04:002021-05-01T02:12:07.654-04:00I'd be all for child care for families IF we d...I'd be all for child care for families IF we don't use it as an excuse to shove common core standards to earlier grades. In fact, let's cancel the CCS standards altogether and start over. We don't need a set of standards that pretend that everyone needs calculus before leaving high school. Linda LoBuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953005658695036687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-84152939040680198292021-04-30T22:40:28.991-04:002021-04-30T22:40:28.991-04:00I'd like to throw one more idea at you: Offsho...I'd like to throw one more idea at you: Offshoring. Neither political party is willing to admit that offshoring has decimated the American working class; that is, the upper-lower to lower-middle skilled laborer classes. The fact that Trumpus was even willing to bring it up probably had more to do with him getting in office than all the more commonly cited reasons. If we're not a nation of producers, we will always lack real bargaining power, and a piece of paper on the wall will only help so many, so much.Dantagonistichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191205237289688092noreply@blogger.com