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2naSalit

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20. And you know they lack...

Wed May 3, 2023, 11:19 PM

May 2023

Any working knowledge of government by their claims.

I was all done with public school by the time Ronnie showed up but I saw what he did as my younger siblings were still in grade school in California. When I moved out there from New England, went to many schools, I was in the 9th grade and all the text books were the same ones I had in seventh grade. It was hard to stay focused. I ended up walking out and finding my way by going to free trade school classes offered there. Finally went to college in my 30s.

Even in college, it was truly shocking to me to see how far education had fallen from what I understood it to be. I couldn't help thinking that the international students were getting ripped off the most by paying top dollar to attend and getting less than promised. Not that the domestic students weren't getting ripped off in every shameful way.

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History, civics scores decline among U.S. eighth-graders [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author groundloop May 2023 #1

A lot of this has to do with the education system shutdowns during COVID. intheflow May 2023 #2

Absolutely! Take a child out of school for close to two years jimfields33 May 2023 #3

They just promoted everyone to the next grade instead MichMan May 2023 #6

What would one expect? I'm not sure that the premise hidden in your exclaimed question has been well xocetaceans May 2023 #11

Or we do what has been done. jimfields33 May 2023 #18

One gets the distinct impression that something was missed in the article... xocetaceans May 2023 #21

We didn't have the accommodations to do that Zeitghost May 2023 #17

According to the test takers, yes. But to Fox & RW'ers your version of civics is actually wrong ffr May 2023 #4

Kinda of hard to develop critical thinking if you're never allowed out of your sinkingfeeling May 2023 #5

Did children in blue states score substanially better? MichMan May 2023 #7

This is the overall rankings by state, not just history and civics..... sinkingfeeling May 2023 #14

I meant how much they declined since 2018 MichMan May 2023 #15

Isn't that the new name for Truth Social? n/t xocetaceans May 2023 #12

History and Civics are being censored in many schools IronLionZion May 2023 #8

Not to put too much woooo into this, but those who want their workers in dangerous ... marble falls May 2023 #9

Pretty much tracks declines in test scores in other topics. surrealAmerican May 2023 #10

Which is by design... 2naSalit May 2023 #13

Yep not fooled May 2023 #19

And you know they lack... 2naSalit May 2023 #20

Gee, they take the books out of the libraries and scores decline tinrobot May 2023 #16

I self-educated with library books pfitz59 May 2023 #22

It is sadly visible sarisataka May 2023 #23