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AnArmyVeteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 02:54 PM
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33. Kids today are learning almost nothing. Kids 30 years ago learned w/o spending $500
It's amazing. All I needed to take to class were pens, pencils and paper to write on. Oh, how could I possibly learn? Back then teachers were respected and they were allowed to teach students. Now they have virtually no say in the educational process. Everything is top-down and teachers are forced to teach the answers to standardized tests.

It's amazing how so many people became great scientists, engineers, inventors and presidents when they grew up a long time ago where books were scarce and they had nothing more than a desire to learn. I never could imagine the children in the US becoming so stupid and ignorant in such a short amount of time. They are also lazy. It's been over ten years ago since a kid asked to mow my lawn. And when I look around while I'm driving I never see young people doing any work around their houses. When I was a kid I mowed lawns, roofed houses and did carpentry all before I was 13. I got my first official job at 14 working at a gas station. Kids today don't even know which end of a hammer to hold. We have become a nation of lazy idiots.

I just saw a story about a company that can't find any workers to do machinist work. The owner said she can't find anyone who wants to work in that kind of environment or has the skills necessary to do the job. She said people don't want to work with their hands. This country is going further and further downhill. The United States isn't number one in any meaningful or constructive category. We don't deserve to be...
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