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Originally posted by Kaz:
I have another thing to add to the list which most of you grown-ups probably haven't considered yet  : school. Basically, I am getting the impression that we are supposed to be learning as many things that we might use in life as possible. I mean, most of us will never need to know how a transistor works again, or be able to explain how exactly a microscope works, or prove the existence of pi, or explain why the Thirty Year's War took place, or tell the difference between an apposition and an attribute, or...
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Very true Kaz
Not too long ago the only things taught in school were the basics: reading, writing, and arithmatic...now we have deviated so much from these basic teachings that we are graduting students that cannot spell or do simple math!
It just goes to reitterate the problem. With so much information out there we have gotten away from the basics. We have people in Minnesota (landlocked) that are spending their time and energy worrying about the shark attacks in Florida, but are ignoring the fact that their kids are failing in school (true case of a co-worker of mine
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[This message has been edited by Moridin (edited 09-06-2001).]