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Oh Indeed! The Roux Comes First Nov 2020 #1
Oh THIS! Maraya1969 Nov 2020 #2
It's been my experience that the best comedic minds are quite intelligent... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #3
So true! They simply see too much too clearly! rainy Nov 2020 #63
We have no influence over private schools Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #4
Your concern needs to be directed at PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #11
Yes. Thank you for that correction. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #13
Not since having to teach to the test for funding. And Civic classes have been gone for a long time judesedit Nov 2020 #21
Exactly. Just from my own experience, your words ring true. Missn-Hitch Nov 2020 #29
I went to both, private and public schools. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #33
Yep, absence of Civics classes... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2020 #36
Enjoy your meal. We all have a lot to be thankful for. judesedit Nov 2020 #48
You can thank the GOP for high stakes testing TexasBushwhacker Nov 2020 #38
Great point. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #50
That sort of deoends soldierant Nov 2020 #57
For profit charter schools are NOT PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #59
We are on the same page. soldierant Nov 2020 #76
once upon a time azureblue Nov 2020 #27
That, too... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2020 #37
I have long thought that the high-school exit exam PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #77
The majority of magats didn't go to private schools... paleotn Nov 2020 #60
It will be very difficult .... CatMor Nov 2020 #5
The Impossible is tough. Tommymac Nov 2020 #30
Yup. 2naSalit Nov 2020 #6
BINGO!!!! I've been saying this for years. The K-12 education system has failed us. CaptainTruth Nov 2020 #7
Should we include MSM could be showing people how to acquire critical thinking skills? KS Toronado Nov 2020 #9
Yes!! Have been saying this (although about traitor only the last five years) for the last six niyad Nov 2020 #8
I believe it is possible with enough money. rickyhall Nov 2020 #10
the issue here azureblue Nov 2020 #34
I understand, I live in Arkansas. rickyhall Nov 2020 #42
Great points. I taught for 20 years in public schools and it's not as simple a people want it to be. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #49
+ 1 Raastan Nov 2020 #74
100% AGREE! judesedit Nov 2020 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Nov 2020 #14
The truth malaise Nov 2020 #15
Too true! peggysue2 Nov 2020 #16
And even that gargantuan task is not enough. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #17
There is no fixing the willfully ignorant. It's their badge of honor. nt oasis Nov 2020 #18
Well, there's that, of course. luvtheGWN Nov 2020 #19
Don't worry, the Galileos of our times will not be denied. nt oasis Nov 2020 #26
I am not certain it is all the failure of the education system Bev54 Nov 2020 #20
Exactly. Many, probably most, of his cult had access to a good education. However, you know the one Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #46
That's keeping it real Andy Borowitz. nt iluvtennis Nov 2020 #22
Borowitz's quote is right on target DDySiegs Nov 2020 #23
A very complicated problem that can't be ignored. BarbD Nov 2020 #24
Andy Borowitz is correct Gothmog Nov 2020 #25
Yet I Know Highly Educated Americans Raised on Critical Thinking who Still Voted for Trump Stallion Nov 2020 #28
Yep. RW media is expertly-delivered propaganda, using all the tried and true techniques. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #51
Chicken or the egg StClone Nov 2020 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2020 #32
The plug has to be pulled on Fox News, too. Wednesdays Nov 2020 #35
Yes, BUT. WHY did so many discard their education to vote for Trump? Hortensis Nov 2020 #39
I suspect they skipped a lot of classes. WheelWalker Nov 2020 #40
Emotionally, sure. But a lot of straight-A students are just fine Hortensis Nov 2020 #43
I don't think it's the education system ... aggiesal Nov 2020 #41
And how do we do that when just less than half of people think education is liberal propaganda?? Victor_c3 Nov 2020 #44
My husband and I had what I call classical educations. marie999 Nov 2020 #45
Yup. Some rural school systems moondust Nov 2020 #47
It's tempting to simplify this very complicated issue, but not productive. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #52
Yes, indeed! I despair. LAS14 Nov 2020 #53
KR.. Brainwashing fox & hate radio Cha Nov 2020 #54
There needs to be... Alacritous Crier Nov 2020 #55
Twice tandgf Nov 2020 #56
Bingo!!!! ALBliberal Nov 2020 #58
If it were education.... paleotn Nov 2020 #61
+1 sandensea Nov 2020 #65
Bingo!!! marble falls Nov 2020 #62
While I've been a Borowitz fan for quite a while now, Totally Tunsie Nov 2020 #64
I never knew that MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #69
Here's a link: Totally Tunsie Nov 2020 #70
Thanks MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #71
As a former teacher I can say that we teachers KNOW that BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #66
Hear! Hear! burrowowl Nov 2020 #67
K&R MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #68
KnR...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2020 #72
No kidding. calimary Nov 2020 #73
Wow that is something most Americans can agree on bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #75
I totally agree!!! He gets to the core of the problem. Vivienne235729 Nov 2020 #78
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