And it has worked:
"Poll finds US schools doing 'fair to poor' job" by Nancy Zuckerbrod and Trevor Tompson, Associated Press | June 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - Half of Americans say US schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing teenagers for college and the work force. Even more feel that way about the skills youths need to survive as adults, an Associated Press poll released yesterday finds.
"A lot of kids, when they get out school, are kind of lost," said Jamie Norton, a firefighter in Gridley, Calif. "When you get out of high school, what are you educated to do?"
Nothing.
So they are fulfilling their mission, aren't they?
The views of the general population echo concerns voiced by business and college leaders, who say they have to spend a lot of time and money on remedial education for people who completed high school but don't have the skills to succeed at work or in college.
Maybe you guys should have given back some of those state giveaways.
You can pay us now, or.... move offshore.
Education ranks behind the economy and gas prices as a top issue for Americans, the survey said. However, nearly all those polled said the quality of a country's education system has a big impact on a country's overall economic prosperity.
Yeah, another conventional myth (like global warming) that has taken hold. I used to tell people I was in school, and their reaction was always "Good!"
Mine was "Is it?"
I mean, look at me now: I have a worthless history degree (taught lies anyway), and I wasted thousands of dollars of MY MONEY!
Look, the whole experience wasn't bad, but it just wasn't worth it in total, folks.
Sorry.
Education was generally viewed to be as important as healthcare and slightly ahead of the Iraq war.
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I have a hard time buying that last one; I think the war is THE ISSUE, the issue, THE ISSUE!!!!
Everything else flows from that when you consider the BILLIONS it is costing EVER WEEK!
I think the MSM wants to MINIMIZE IRAQ as an issue because they KNOW the country WANTS WITHDRAWAL!!!!
Either that, or Amurkns really are stoo-pid as scitte!
