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BComplex

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23. Everything you've mentioned are things that I've long sought from our schools. Children in

Reply to keep_left (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:44 AM

Nov 2020

some of Africa's schools are studying calculus & physics in middle schools. When you treat kids like they're smart....they usually turn out to be!

But these days our kids aren't even taught proper history, much less civics, because of the fundies that started taking over our schools in the 80's.

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"As education divide deepens, Democrats fear a demographic problem for future power" [View all] TomCADem Nov 2020 OP

👀 underpants Nov 2020 #1

The education divide is huge and complicated. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #2

When I was younger, I was a voracious reader. TigressDem Nov 2020 #10

I likewas read voraciously as a child. Yeah, I recall PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #11

I kinda had grownup friends. TigressDem Nov 2020 #13

Actually, that makes a lot of sense. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #14

Extreme extrovert as a kid. TigressDem Nov 2020 #15

Sounds like you have a wonderful family. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #18

At times. TigressDem Nov 2020 #20

Ahhh, it seems like you appreciate and cherish your family. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #21

It is absolutely imperative that we fix the education system in the United States. BComplex Nov 2020 #3

A couple things... keep_left Nov 2020 #9

Also homeschooling should be banned except where there is extreme necessity. meadowlander Nov 2020 #16

I think that left the train station jimfields33 Nov 2020 #22

Everything you've mentioned are things that I've long sought from our schools. Children in BComplex Nov 2020 #23

Our education system needs a lot of work. If so many people are still falling Maraya1969 Nov 2020 #4

"How to think" VS "What to think" TigressDem Nov 2020 #7

Many of those things are not taught until college. That is one good reason to make college BComplex Nov 2020 #24

"Some progressives have argued that Democrats should not discuss race and "identity politics" JI7 Nov 2020 #5

THIS has to go BOTH ways, though. EXAMPLE: BLM needs to stand apart from VIOLENCE TigressDem Nov 2020 #6

Hmm... how is Dems appealing more and more to college-educated a problem? dawg day Nov 2020 #8

Because of **s hats like Rush Limbaugh TigressDem Nov 2020 #12

I hate to be cruel.. dawg day Nov 2020 #17

I don't know. Will he? TigressDem Nov 2020 #19

To the contrary, Republicans are selling resentment of education. TomCADem Nov 2020 #25