Kid needs to start hitting the books

[DoubleV]

OK, so this just happend over the weekend;

I asked my friends 13 yr old son what president was on the $1 bill and he didn't even know. Our visiting friend from England even knew this. He was then given the biggest/best hint you could get; 'he was the very first president of the United States'. After having pondered upon this for a bit he gave me his answer; 'Is it James Dean?'. James freakin Dean? Yeah, I loved him in 'President Without a Cause'. I'm sorry to say but my friends kid is a moron. Is this sort of 'general stupidity' more prevalent today than in years past or is it just me? There are just some things that everyone should just know, but it seems more and more people today never seem to acquire these 'must know' facts.

 

[GP403]

bet he knows the names of every single person on duck dynasty or whatever that junk is....

 

[G_Body_Enthusiast]

Consider it a reflection of the public education system at large in this country. Long gone are the days when you failed a class or a test and got an F. Now you get a U for this. WTF is that? Well it seems in an effort to keep johnny from feeling bad about failing, they changed the letter to make him feel better about being an idiot. Of course it helps when the child actually wants to learn something and since they don't really put much of an emphasis on learning as much as they do about not feeling bad not knowing even the most basic things like geography, state capitals, the three branches of government (can YOU name them?), etc, you're going to wind up with a country full of morons. This country was once the envy of the world, now sadly, it is the joke of the world.

When we allow teacher unions to protect ineffective teachers from losing their jobs, when we stop looking at ourselves to teach our children first (Education begins at home, NOT the classroom. A lot of parents would do well to learn that) and when we put zero emphasis on learning just so johnny doesn't feel bad about failing a test/class/grade(s) what we end up with is what we have now. You're suppose to feel bad you failed, that means you should try harder, not give up. You're suppose to raise standards, not make the curriculum easier. Our children b*tch about the days they go to school, which is a lot less than other countries who are kicking our kids' asses at every subject we once dominated.

There are a lot of people with their hand in the cookie jar but refuse to take responsibility for their role in the dumbing down of this country.

Remember folks, THESE are the simple minded people that will be taking care of you as you lie in a bed in a nursing home as you sh*t and piss yourself. If that scares you, and it should, then do something to reverse this trend. Next time your child b*tches about homework ask them if they want to learn the phrase "Would you like fries with that?" or "You're fired. You can't even operate a frier." Demand more for them and yourself at the same time, expect them to learn something, even if you have to teach it to them yourself.

 

[Longroof79]

Double V,
Not to highjack or understate this extremely relevant thread , but you do mean "Rebel without a cause". :lol:

 

[DoubleV]

Double V,
Not to highjack or understate this extremely relevant thread , but you do mean "Rebel without a cause". :lol:

No, it was a joke. I mixed 'General George Washington' with James Dean's 'Rebel Without a Cause'. I guess I could change it to 'President Without a Cause'. I thought it sounded better than 'East of Washington'. :wink:

 

[Longroof79]

Double V,
Not to highjack or understate this extremely relevant thread , but you do mean "Rebel without a cause". :lol:

No, it was a joke. I mixed 'General George Washington' with James Dean's 'Rebel Without a Cause'. I guess I could change it to 'President Without a Cause'. I thought it sounded better than 'East of Washington'. :wink:

Oh, okay. Sorry about that. It went right over my head... :lol: I guess I should taken a hint by the dubious title in parenthesis.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Consider it a reflection of the public education system at large in this country. Long gone are the days when you failed a class or a test and got an F. Now you get a U for this. WTF is that? Well it seems in an effort to keep johnny from feeling bad about failing, they changed the letter to make him feel better about being an idiot. Of course it helps when the child actually wants to learn something and since they don't really put much of an emphasis on learning as much as they do about not feeling bad not knowing even the most basic things like geography, state capitals, the three branches of government (can YOU name them?), etc, you're going to wind up with a country full of morons. This country was once the envy of the world, now sadly, it is the joke of the world.

When we allow teacher unions to protect ineffective teachers from losing their jobs, when we stop looking at ourselves to teach our children first (Education begins at home, NOT the classroom. A lot of parents would do well to learn that) and when we put zero emphasis on learning just so johnny doesn't feel bad about failing a test/class/grade(s) what we end up with is what we have now. You're suppose to feel bad you failed, that means you should try harder, not give up. You're suppose to raise standards, not make the curriculum easier. Our children b*tch about the days they go to school, which is a lot less than other countries who are kicking our kids' asses at every subject we once dominated.

There are a lot of people with their hand in the cookie jar but refuse to take responsibility for their role in the dumbing down of this country.

Remember folks, THESE are the simple minded people that will be taking care of you as you lie in a bed in a nursing home as you sh*t and piss yourself. If that scares you, and it should, then do something to reverse this trend. Next time your child b*tches about homework ask them if they want to learn the phrase "Would you like fries with that?" or "You're fired. You can't even operate a frier." Demand more for them and yourself at the same time, expect them to learn something, even if you have to teach it to them yourself.

Get this guy a beer

 

[beermonkey9417]

...someone say beer?

 

[Oldsmoletick]

Sadly we are moving more into a state of "Idiocracy" every year. I'm not one to be a grammar or spelling nazi as I do make my own mistakes, but every time a certain co worker brings me up a repair order for part price/availability I want to break out the red pen and rip him a new one. Basic, elementary spelling has flown out the window, it's sickening to think some of today's high school graduates can't even spell the phrase "front brake rotors" with out making an error in each word.

Though thinking back when I was in OC ED, 13 years ago, they made us take an English class because the OC ED board felt we weren't fluent enough in our written tickets, (kind of like a job card explaining what you did during the day, that was filled out at the end of class), we were instructed to write a full page describing our class time for homework. I took it as a joke, wrote a 3 page argumentative essay directed at the board of education expressing my opinion of their new secondary English class, the redundancy of their idea, backed up my thoughts with references to the work I had done in high school, and the desire to escape the desk to learn something new. The essay was a hit with my OC ED teacher, but when it was shown to the board, it didn't go over so well, they wanted to suspend me for insubordination (lucky for me, he had my back on that one, lol). I later found out, out of 20 kids in my class, I was one of 5, that were actually literate, at what I would consider an elementary school level. I can only imagine it's gotten worse since then. :shock:

 

[pencero]

how will our economy ever recover when this new generation of dumbasses who wear crocks b/c they can't even tie shoe laces are getting seats with the board of trade and infiltrating the NYSE / CME & board of trade? If things continue on this path we won't have to worry about a war with China because they will cause us to self implode by undermining our entire economy through stock market games - oh wait they already are doing that