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In the US at least, education is in a shambles. College students don't know the difference between Civil Rights and the Civil War (I mean this literally). They can't use algebra to solve problems (such as what would I need on the final to get a B in a course). They can't compute their averages accurately if it uses percentage weighted categories. They can't compute their GPA. They're completely (and I mean completely) ignorant about the rest of the world). They have never heard of logic (in the syllogism sense) and can't use it. They can't write paragraphs, and they can't follow basic implications of what they read or think.

No Child Left Behind and Common Core has meant Nobody Gets Ahead -- Everybody Stays on the Same Basic Level.

There's a reason we're importing engineers and doctors -- none of these kids are ever going to achieve that in the US educational system.

One student teacher told her high school students about Dante -- which she pronounced "Dant," as in rhymes with "can't."

State teachers colleges in NY have been at 20% enrollment. No one wants to be a teacher in this environment.

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Yep. And they're not dumb . . . they've been taught to be passive and unthinking.

They don't see the value of knowledge or learning. Or know how to learn.

They're going to struggle in the world.