[FrogMom]

Nicely done.

The dumbing down is so patently obvious to me it’s jaw-dropping.

I graduated high school in 1969. I waited 25 years to take any college - was raising children - and took math and computer classes, so didn’t get a lot of the social crap.

Today, I hire college graduates and it’s quickly apparent to me that I knew more about history, language, and rational thought when I graduated high school than todays college graduates know.

[blam]

"Today, I hire college graduates and it’s quickly apparent to me that I knew more about history, language, and rational thought when I graduated high school than todays college graduates know."

Fifteen years ago when I was hiring AS degreed people, 40% failed the 8th grade math test we gave them.

[SuzyQue]

“The dumbing down is so patently obvious to me it’s jaw-dropping.”

Yes, but not if you’ve been run through the school system lately. What is patently obvious to you and me is not to younger Americans. And, when they vote, bad things happen.

[WorldviewDad]

I agree with you...your comments remind me of a conversation that I had at work with a recent college grad (history major). He had no idea what I was talking about with another coworker when we were talking about the Alamo. He did not work out at this job so he is now teaching history at a public school.