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[flyingfinn]

Well...this year has definitely been, if nothing else, a humbling experience. I've learned one thing: few of us are brilliant. Very few. Those who can do nothing and still do everything, they are lucky. As for the rest of us, hard work is the key. We live in a world where the goal is to make work easier, which it fine. But then instead of doing

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[smantie]

They're dumbing us down, literally. I don't even know if "dumbing" is even a word. Do you know why? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DUMBED DOWN! Is "dumbed" a word? I don't even think "dumbed" is a word but I still chose to use it in a sentence because it's easiest.

They dumb our culture too. They won't let people read Huckleberry Finn because it says "nigger" 256 times to be exact. Of course, that was the CULTURE at the time and so we fail to broaden the minds of our students. One of the few books read in schools that students actually seem to enjoy is banned in many schools because it's not "politically correct." Most people don't even recognize the word "culture" to be a part of our everyday lives. Hail to immigrants, at least many of them keep what's true

[flyingfinn]

Most of the science you are taking now was not completely accepted 20 years ago. Im not saying that creationalism is taking over, but for all the basic sciences we lack proper education. Biology is wonderful, so shouldn't we be learning more of it than just what makes a cell and some simple genetics?

[porgytirebiter]

i disagree. i think that's a huge generalization. every history or english teacher i've ever had(in a public school remember) has taught us to questoin things. my freshman english teacher told us about the patriot act and all of it's potential dangers, my sophemore history teacher was a lesbian, and my history teacher this year is unbiased but points out all of the pros and cons of US foreign policy in order for us to decide what we think. i've learned about all of htose civil rights leaders mentioned. I can choose to take a course which focuses on africa, and even though i havent i'm still aware at a fundamental of the problems there through my teachers. My parents and almost none of their friends took physics or calculas but now 95% of students at my school take both. The german students learn less math/science/history than we do, and the only thing which is taught better in germany is language. But the funny thing here is that no one ever talks about christian values in order to limit science class...but there's not even a

[smantie]

You know I can't believe you said that. If your History teachers had tought you right, you'd think to think you're living in one of the richest suburbs in America and going to one of the best schools in the country. Your state has the 4th greatest public education aside from Alaska, Michigan and Connecticut. You literally have the best teachers in the country. Any place other than suburbia (I'm excluding my town as urban-suburban) is hellish. My school can't afford renovations, parts of it are crumbling on the inside, my old math class is just missing some floor panels and underneath it is absolutely covered in mold. We have a "critters" infestation the administration says, and our student/teacher ratio is 21/1. My cousin teaches in Baltimore, they have teachers that are good people and try hard to teach there, but they don't have ONE COMPUTER in the WHOLE school. They don't even have a Mac. They can't afford a computer and what sort of a good teacher is going to want to come to a school like that

[smantie]

Oh, more genius' come from Germany or Austria than any other country.