DCrazy wrote:I fear for our planet.
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No, fear for YOUR COUNTRY.
The rest of the world still teaches kids that the antonym for "pro-" is "anti-". We also still have subjects like "English", "Maths", "Biology", "Physics", "Chemistry", and "Geography".
Whereas the US seems to have senior student subjects like:
"Mathiness" (The challenging "addition and subtraction" course)
"Engrish" (Where nothing is ever wrong, merely "more or less correct.")
"Social Responsibility" (Where you learn not to criticise the government, and how to forget about the Constiution)
"Home Ec" (Where you learn it is easier to order a Pizza than to cook at home)
"Typing" (Where you learn how to surf porn and crack software)
"Programming" (Where you learn to surf porn and crack software)
"Accounting" (Where you learn about mail-fraud and that owing 10 times your annual salary is actually a good thing)
"US History" (Where you learn history according to "who won")
"Geography" (Where you learn where Kansas is)
I tell ya, when I was in the 12th grade at a high school in Rhode Island, I was horrified. Even though I was a strictly average student here in NZ (and only in the 11th grade) I managed to sleep through Biology and still get 2nd in the school. Looked out the window in Biology and topped the school. And the biggest shock of all: to get 4th in the entire school in US History, after living in the USA for less than 3 months. Oh, I also won the senior spelling prize - but that's no surprise to you, I'm sure!
My impression of public high school in the USA in the early 80s was that the students were pretty much out of control, the teachers were unable to discipline the students, the subjects were about 2-3 years behind compared to what we studied here (except in English, where I couldn;t make a comparison, because we didn't seem to study anythign at all, really).
I wonder how bad it is 25 years later? Obviously it is no better, and probably much worse.