tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post6791426405915270928..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Yet Another Sign o' the Impending Apocalypse (An Occasional EIP Series)Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-24542137882801994642011-06-22T12:27:10.357-06:002011-06-22T12:27:10.357-06:00Well said, Lou. I agree.Well said, Lou. I agree.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-63820666682001122402011-06-22T11:02:31.685-06:002011-06-22T11:02:31.685-06:00Scooney, Dummying down started way before "No...Scooney, Dummying down started way before "No Child Left Behind." That was just the buzz phrase for "don't fail any students, or we could be sued" and "No discipline either," which were both in place before Bush.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-61383347505327571542011-06-21T19:38:41.533-06:002011-06-21T19:38:41.533-06:00The dummying down of studies starts long before th...The dummying down of studies starts long before the college level is reached. Thanks to "No Child Left Behind" and we all know the "Rest of the Story!"Scooney Adrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014731857174355364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-37196057006371811762011-06-21T06:39:56.072-06:002011-06-21T06:39:56.072-06:00Jim: We were commenting together but separate. I...Jim: We were commenting together but separate. I can be charitable towards ignorance on some days but it mostly just pisses me off. I wouldn't make a good pol.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-55509142719023941392011-06-21T06:38:09.619-06:002011-06-21T06:38:09.619-06:00We are approaching Idiocracy.
Sigh. Too true, Mo...<i>We are approaching Idiocracy.</i><br /><br />Sigh. Too true, Moogie.<br /><br /><i>I sent him the article yesterday... </i><br /><br />I'm a full day behind in my reading, Katy. Good on your grandson!<br /><br />Ivan: Yeah, Americans are geographical idiots, among other things.<br /><br />Lou: You may rant here at ANY time!<br /><br />Moogie II: I hear that. Especially in Africa, where I kinda sorta gave up on the country names during the '60s.<br /><br />Textbooks: We're on the same page. They suck.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-40537130079527513932011-06-21T06:35:27.186-06:002011-06-21T06:35:27.186-06:00I could most certainly join you in a few hours of ...I could most certainly join you in a few hours of rant.<br /><br />I remember when I ran for state rep in MA, almost 20 years ago. After a stump speech, a twenty-something young man engaged me in conversation. During the course of our talk, he said something about the 52 states. I thought he was joking, so I laughed. He got this bewildered look, so I then knew he had been serious. I gently corrected him. He wasn't insulted to learn, which is a good thing, but it still amazes me that anyone could possibly be that ignorant.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-75949001603709502282011-06-21T06:11:56.244-06:002011-06-21T06:11:56.244-06:00I will get on my corporate textbook podium. ARGH!...I will get on my corporate textbook podium. ARGH!<br /><br />I have to admit my college professors were quite animated about the text books. Some of them gave out reading lists of books we had to read in order to even get above the guaranteed C grade.<br /><br />A movie that comes to mind is Robin Williams in the dead poets society, where he reads the forward of a text book, and of course calls it crap.<br /><br />My Political Science professor was similar. Do not bother buying the textbook he said, it is pure sh*t, and you will dirty your brain just feeling the ink on the pages...Textbooks R USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-70027112138775565432011-06-20T21:48:42.835-06:002011-06-20T21:48:42.835-06:00I'm with IT, but geography is so fluid these d...I'm with IT, but geography is so fluid these days . .. .Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-86233822894049744262011-06-20T20:59:34.892-06:002011-06-20T20:59:34.892-06:00You know how I feel about our public schools and t...You know how I feel about our public schools and their many failures, so I won't rant here. Parents seem to be clueless as to what their kids know and don't know. I feel myself sliding off into a rant. Toby and I were discussing this yesterday - how much money is pumped into education and yet how mediocre the education is. But thanks to big government and unions, very little will change.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-69855155465458834832011-06-20T18:25:19.036-06:002011-06-20T18:25:19.036-06:00What amazes me are the so-called bright ones who h...What amazes me are the so-called bright ones who have no clue about geography... and don't care.IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-6127026113670284922011-06-20T17:37:07.918-06:002011-06-20T17:37:07.918-06:00I've been horrified ever since I read that. L...I've been horrified ever since I read that. Like you, I'm so grateful that I had good teachers and that history classes weren't just 'offered', but demanded. Most everyone in my family is a "History Nut", since our books, magazines & TV programs reflected our interest & our kids got into it very early. My oldest grandson is planning to be a history teacher. I sent him the article yesterday... ;-)MissBirdlegs in ALnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-559720731748964202011-06-20T16:29:54.152-06:002011-06-20T16:29:54.152-06:00I most certainly do feel that pain. As you might ...I most certainly do feel that pain. As you might surmise, however, the brutalization of the English language comes first on my list of Apocalyptic foreshadowings (and skin cringers), but that is closely followed by the trivialization/PC-ifying of history, American and otherwise.<br /><br />We are approaching Idiocracy.Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.com