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THE DELIBERATE 'DUMBING' DOWN OF AMERICA (VIDEO WITHIN) | |
mr2 User ID: 16602204  Australia05/24/2012 06:23 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for my 1st good laugh of the day! :) I'm a teacher and by the time they get to HS a lot of damage is done. I give them assignments which are intended to have them practice what we are learning and 90% of them are totally dumbfounded. The few who are with it sit there in disbelief and look very bored. Classes are overcrowded and students must be LED BY THE HAND to do absolutely everything. I cannot simplify my curriculum any more because then I'd be teaching 4th grade content in HS. I should add that the majority of the students do not care if they fail, are extremely disrespectful to themselves and others, and feel very entitled to be entertained as opposed to educated. I blame the video games for that. The future will be a scary time. My wife teaches kindergarten this year, and out of 30 kids, only 6 made national bench marks. Dumb makes dumb....I never used to think so....but...evidence is mounting. Bad DNA combined with bad parenting skills = disaster...not just for the U.S. but for us all. |
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| Doomalicious One fry shy of a Happy Meal User ID: 1376927 United States05/24/2012 06:28 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for my 1st good laugh of the day! :) I'm a teacher and by the time they get to HS a lot of damage is done. I give them assignments which are intended to have them practice what we are learning and 90% of them are totally dumbfounded. The few who are with it sit there in disbelief and look very bored. Classes are overcrowded and students must be LED BY THE HAND to do absolutely everything. I cannot simplify my curriculum any more because then I'd be teaching 4th grade content in HS. I should add that the majority of the students do not care if they fail, are extremely disrespectful to themselves and others, and feel very entitled to be entertained as opposed to educated. I blame the video games for that. The future will be a scary time. Scary is the fact that educators would rather make a paycheck instead deal with the changing population of kids TODAY. YOU chose to take on the task of educating them. If they have cell phones and find your class boring, liven it up. It's your job to to keep the kids focused. You are being paid about 60k a year to do this correct? Times change and our kids are half nuts due to involuntary immunizations and environmental garbage they inhale daily. Deal with it and then tell me who's actually making the future scary k? SMILE...you're not as stupid as they think you are! "Once a government is committed to the principal of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in terror" - Harry S Truman "The single most inspiring source for us is the human struggle." Jared Leto “Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential of civilization.” - Napoleon Hill “Failures see the hole in the donut, but do not see the donut around the hole.” - Napoleon Hill “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. - Samuel Johnson |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1201233 United States05/24/2012 06:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just look at what threads get pinned here. I think we don't need to talk about the "dumbing" down of America, just the "dumbing" down of GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16599982 I've brought up this topic several times as well...and was "punished" for discussing another blog site who's overall intelligence, literary and posting level was like night and day comparatively and like the difference between 4 year old's competing with Ivy League educated adults. 'Nuff said...  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 14881771 United States05/24/2012 06:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Doomalicious One fry shy of a Happy Meal User ID: 1376927 United States05/24/2012 06:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for my 1st good laugh of the day! :) I'm a teacher and by the time they get to HS a lot of damage is done. I give them assignments which are intended to have them practice what we are learning and 90% of them are totally dumbfounded. The few who are with it sit there in disbelief and look very bored. Classes are overcrowded and students must be LED BY THE HAND to do absolutely everything. I cannot simplify my curriculum any more because then I'd be teaching 4th grade content in HS. I should add that the majority of the students do not care if they fail, are extremely disrespectful to themselves and others, and feel very entitled to be entertained as opposed to educated. I blame the video games for that. The future will be a scary time. Do you have ONE positive thing to say about your students? Didn't think so.....worthless POS making a check without making a difference in a child's life. It's a sad day when our kids have no choice but to attend school daily with THIS ATTITUDE. You're shameful. SMILE...you're not as stupid as they think you are! "Once a government is committed to the principal of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in terror" - Harry S Truman "The single most inspiring source for us is the human struggle." Jared Leto “Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential of civilization.” - Napoleon Hill “Failures see the hole in the donut, but do not see the donut around the hole.” - Napoleon Hill “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. - Samuel Johnson |
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| mr2 User ID: 16602204 Australia05/24/2012 07:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for my 1st good laugh of the day! :) I'm a teacher and by the time they get to HS a lot of damage is done. I give them assignments which are intended to have them practice what we are learning and 90% of them are totally dumbfounded. The few who are with it sit there in disbelief and look very bored. Classes are overcrowded and students must be LED BY THE HAND to do absolutely everything. I cannot simplify my curriculum any more because then I'd be teaching 4th grade content in HS. I should add that the majority of the students do not care if they fail, are extremely disrespectful to themselves and others, and feel very entitled to be entertained as opposed to educated. I blame the video games for that. The future will be a scary time. Do you have ONE positive thing to say about your students? Didn't think so.....worthless POS making a check without making a difference in a child's life. It's a sad day when our kids have no choice but to attend school daily with THIS ATTITUDE. You're shameful. You must be a retard POS if you think teachers don't care about their students. I was one, and my wife IS one....She works tirelessly for those dip shit brain dead retards, to no avail. Dumb begets dumb...and there is nothing anyone can do about that. Smart will learn, inspite of what they are taught, but the rest... need time and nurturing...fat chance of that, as most of the teaching time is spent dealing (most likely) with your dumb shit kids. How about you take responsibility for a change. We did! Our kids get their education from us and then, (hopefully) from school. You want to be a parent? Then you bloody well need to pull your finger out and be one!. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 16546467 United States05/24/2012 07:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just look at what threads get pinned here. I think we don't need to talk about the "dumbing" down of America, just the "dumbing" down of GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16599982  Thread: 9PM in Miami, and there is STILL DAY LIGHT!!!!!! WTF!!!!!! (Page 2) |
| --Voltaic-- User ID: 1405546 United States05/24/2012 07:27 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes it is. I have kids in school and I do look at their work. I was surprised to learn they are being taught theories as facts. Example: The diatonic system of notation is too complicated for middle school kids. So they teach, read and compose music from a pentatonic scale. Do your absolute best and the rest is fate. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 16264476  United Kingdom05/24/2012 07:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just look at what threads get pinned here. I think we don't need to talk about the "dumbing" down of America, just the "dumbing" down of GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16599982 I've brought up this topic several times as well...and was "punished" for discussing another blog site who's overall intelligence, literary and posting level was like night and day comparatively and like the difference between 4 year old's competing with Ivy League educated adults. 'Nuff said... [ I find the grammar from English speaking posters shocking. It is evident that the spell checkers are doing their job, but I'm amazed by the number of people who don't know the difference between 'there' and 'their' and 'to' and 'too' to provide a couple of examples. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1321901 United States05/24/2012 07:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fucking libtards. You killed the American dream so tards could get a diploma. Now they are worthless pieces of shit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14881771 +1 There are so many dumbasses out there it makes you want to 'stop the world and jump off". Sadly, their parents have money so they dont give two shits if they have a good job or not. Wow is our gene pool polluted...  |
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| Charlie the Choo-Choo Commander and Beef User ID: 10644407 United States05/24/2012 07:44 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maya would have grown up to be a productive member of society. [link to www.youtube.com] Last Edited by Baconhead on 05/24/2012 07:55 AM I am a son of Earth and starry sky. I am parched with thirst and am dying; but quickly grant me cold water from the Lake of Memory to drink. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15541386 United States05/24/2012 07:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| mr2 User ID: 16602204 Australia05/24/2012 07:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you can teach your kids at home math is the universal language anyway the rest is lies or half truths Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15541386 Discerning the truth is the hardest thing anyone will ever do...but unfortunately...most people are too invested in an idea to admit they may be wrong. I call it 'GLPitis'  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1201233 United States05/24/2012 08:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just look at what threads get pinned here. I think we don't need to talk about the "dumbing" down of America, just the "dumbing" down of GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16599982 I've brought up this topic several times as well...and was "punished" for discussing another blog site who's overall intelligence, literary and posting level was like night and day comparatively and like the difference between 4 year old's competing with Ivy League educated adults. 'Nuff said... [ I find the grammar from English speaking posters shocking. It is evident that the spell checkers are doing their job, but I'm amazed by the number of people who don't know the difference between 'there' and 'their' and 'to' and 'too' to provide a couple of examples. Right. Not to mention that when faced with an argument which requires a cogent, insightful, rational, polite. critically thought out reply one receives the kindergarten rallying cries of "F*uck tard", "FU asshole", "suck my D*ck asswipe" etc...etc... Foolishly I've attempted to actually "speak" and "reason" with these monkeys expecting some ethereal mystic power to bring these animals to their senses. The kinder, more polite and rational I am the more they want to fight, "F*ck you..." and hate. I have wisely come to the only logical conclusion which is that, on the rare occasions there is communication between us, I MUST SPEAK TO THE GORILLAS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. I hate it but it seems to be the only way to communicate with monkeys and other various forms of animals or sub-human life forms. . . |
Mister Obvious Forum Administrator 05/24/2012 08:04 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How about a little suffocation with your brainwashing! Thread: Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1201233 United States05/24/2012 08:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you can teach your kids at home math is the universal language anyway the rest is lies or half truths Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15541386 Discerning the truth is the hardest thing anyone will ever do...but unfortunately...most people are too invested in an idea to admit they may be wrong. I call it 'GLPitis' Well thought out, perfectly articulated and oh, so very true !!! . |
| Charlie the Choo-Choo Commander and Beef User ID: 10644407 United States05/24/2012 08:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just look at what threads get pinned here. I think we don't need to talk about the "dumbing" down of America, just the "dumbing" down of GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16599982 I've brought up this topic several times as well...and was "punished" for discussing another blog site who's overall intelligence, literary and posting level was like night and day comparatively and like the difference between 4 year old's competing with Ivy League educated adults. 'Nuff said... [ I find the grammar from English speaking posters shocking. It is evident that the spell checkers are doing their job, but I'm amazed by the number of people who don't know the difference between 'there' and 'their' and 'to' and 'too' to provide a couple of examples. Right. Not to mention that when faced with an argument which requires a cogent, insightful, rational, polite. critically thought out reply one receives the kindergarten rallying cries of "F*uck tard", "FU asshole", "suck my D*ck asswipe" etc...etc... Foolishly I've attempted to actually "speak" and "reason" with these monkeys expecting some ethereal mystic power to bring these animals to their senses. The kinder, more polite and rational I am the more they want to fight, "F*ck you..." and hate. I have wisely come to the only logical conclusion which is that, on the rare occasions there is communication between us, I MUST SPEAK TO THE GORILLAS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. I hate it but it seems to be the only way to communicate with monkeys and other various forms of animals or sub-human life forms. . . "You're wrong because you type like a fag." I see it all the time. It's like living in that movie idiocracy. Just imagine how court is going to be in about 50 years when all of these people hold law making positions. Just try to imagine that you can be convicted for murder and sent to the electric chair because "Your shirt sucks and you talk like a fag." I am a son of Earth and starry sky. I am parched with thirst and am dying; but quickly grant me cold water from the Lake of Memory to drink. |
| IRQ_1 User ID: 1157608 United States05/24/2012 08:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How about a little suffocation with your brainwashing! Quoting: Mister Obvious Thread: Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack But you need two gold stars before being allowed to get use an inhaler.  Jack of all trades, master of none. We are all the result of our past choices meeting the future. "shall not be infringed." |
| Charlie the Choo-Choo Commander and Beef User ID: 10644407 United States05/24/2012 08:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How about a little suffocation with your brainwashing! Quoting: Mister Obvious Thread: Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack My mom pulled me out of school because I was bitten by a mosquito (which I'm allergic to) and was ballooning up, could barely breathe and the teacher wouldn't let me go to the nurses office. When I got home from school I was barely breathing and starting to pass out so had to be taken to the hospital. When the teacher was confronted she just said "he shouldn't of been bitten by a mosquito" when confronted further she said "It ain't my job, I'm a teacher not no nurse" the argument culminated in her saying "hope you get bitten by a mosquito too, bitch. I'm a teacher I KNOW what I'm doin', you don't know shit YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT! WHAT I SAY? YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT!" Forgot that part. Last Edited by Baconhead on 05/24/2012 08:13 AM I am a son of Earth and starry sky. I am parched with thirst and am dying; but quickly grant me cold water from the Lake of Memory to drink. |
