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marie999

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45. My husband and I had what I call classical educations.

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:36 PM

Nov 2020

That is, from 7th through 12th grades. The Palmer Method of writing using a fountain pen and inkwell. 6 years of English, foreign languages, science, math, history, and pt. Courses in civics, The Constitution, woodworking, art, and typing. English was 2 classes a day consisting of grammar, reading comprehension, public speaking, poetry, and literature. Boys dressed in button-down shirts, slacks, and shoes and socks. Girls dressed in long dresses or blouses and long skirts, and shoes and socks. Through the years, we have seen a steady decline in the educational system.

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Oh Indeed! The Roux Comes First Nov 2020 #1

Oh THIS! Maraya1969 Nov 2020 #2

It's been my experience that the best comedic minds are quite intelligent... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #3

So true! They simply see too much too clearly! rainy Nov 2020 #63

We have no influence over private schools Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #4

Your concern needs to be directed at PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #11

Yes. Thank you for that correction. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #13

Not since having to teach to the test for funding. And Civic classes have been gone for a long time judesedit Nov 2020 #21

Exactly. Just from my own experience, your words ring true. Missn-Hitch Nov 2020 #29

I went to both, private and public schools. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #33

Yep, absence of Civics classes... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2020 #36

Enjoy your meal. We all have a lot to be thankful for. judesedit Nov 2020 #48

You can thank the GOP for high stakes testing TexasBushwhacker Nov 2020 #38

Great point. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #50

That sort of deoends soldierant Nov 2020 #57

For profit charter schools are NOT PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #59

We are on the same page. soldierant Nov 2020 #76

once upon a time azureblue Nov 2020 #27

That, too... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2020 #37

I have long thought that the high-school exit exam PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #77

The majority of magats didn't go to private schools... paleotn Nov 2020 #60

It will be very difficult .... CatMor Nov 2020 #5

The Impossible is tough. Tommymac Nov 2020 #30

Yup. 2naSalit Nov 2020 #6

BINGO!!!! I've been saying this for years. The K-12 education system has failed us. CaptainTruth Nov 2020 #7

Should we include MSM could be showing people how to acquire critical thinking skills? KS Toronado Nov 2020 #9

Yes!! Have been saying this (although about traitor only the last five years) for the last six niyad Nov 2020 #8

I believe it is possible with enough money. rickyhall Nov 2020 #10

the issue here azureblue Nov 2020 #34

I understand, I live in Arkansas. rickyhall Nov 2020 #42

Great points. I taught for 20 years in public schools and it's not as simple a people want it to be. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #49

+ 1 Raastan Nov 2020 #74

100% AGREE! judesedit Nov 2020 #12

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The truth malaise Nov 2020 #15

Too true! peggysue2 Nov 2020 #16

And even that gargantuan task is not enough. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #17

There is no fixing the willfully ignorant. It's their badge of honor. nt oasis Nov 2020 #18

Well, there's that, of course. luvtheGWN Nov 2020 #19

Don't worry, the Galileos of our times will not be denied. nt oasis Nov 2020 #26

I am not certain it is all the failure of the education system Bev54 Nov 2020 #20

Exactly. Many, probably most, of his cult had access to a good education. However, you know the one Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #46

That's keeping it real Andy Borowitz. nt iluvtennis Nov 2020 #22

Borowitz's quote is right on target DDySiegs Nov 2020 #23

A very complicated problem that can't be ignored. BarbD Nov 2020 #24

Andy Borowitz is correct Gothmog Nov 2020 #25

Yet I Know Highly Educated Americans Raised on Critical Thinking who Still Voted for Trump Stallion Nov 2020 #28

Yep. RW media is expertly-delivered propaganda, using all the tried and true techniques. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #51

Chicken or the egg StClone Nov 2020 #31

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The plug has to be pulled on Fox News, too. Wednesdays Nov 2020 #35

Yes, BUT. WHY did so many discard their education to vote for Trump? Hortensis Nov 2020 #39

I suspect they skipped a lot of classes. WheelWalker Nov 2020 #40

Emotionally, sure. But a lot of straight-A students are just fine Hortensis Nov 2020 #43

I don't think it's the education system ... aggiesal Nov 2020 #41

And how do we do that when just less than half of people think education is liberal propaganda?? Victor_c3 Nov 2020 #44

My husband and I had what I call classical educations. marie999 Nov 2020 #45

Yup. Some rural school systems moondust Nov 2020 #47

It's tempting to simplify this very complicated issue, but not productive. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #52

Yes, indeed! I despair. LAS14 Nov 2020 #53

KR.. Brainwashing fox & hate radio Cha Nov 2020 #54

There needs to be... Alacritous Crier Nov 2020 #55

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Bingo!!!! ALBliberal Nov 2020 #58

If it were education.... paleotn Nov 2020 #61

+1 sandensea Nov 2020 #65

Bingo!!! marble falls Nov 2020 #62

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Thanks MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #71

As a former teacher I can say that we teachers KNOW that BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #66

Hear! Hear! burrowowl Nov 2020 #67

K&R MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #68

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No kidding. calimary Nov 2020 #73

Wow that is something most Americans can agree on bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #75

I totally agree!!! He gets to the core of the problem. Vivienne235729 Nov 2020 #78