@ProblemAgain: When I was growing up, I read the newspaper because the spelling and sentence structure was always good, so it taught me how to write well. Now, I can spot an error on almost every page. Even magazines are bad. Also, don't get caught trying to buy something when the power goes out. I'd say 90+% of clerks can't make change without the register telling them how much. Â
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@Retired_Engineer:
This is probably the saddening example of our generation's wrong doing.
I hear all the BS being spread by our politicians about how they are going to make this a great nation again, but hear none of them addressing this problem.
Having lived or visited many of the countries identified on the map above, I know many of those countries have progressed a hundred fold in my time alone. Whereas, we have fallen to an all time low.
How are our children to compete (or even survive) in the world on an international basis if they can't read, write and do math; especially if they don't see a need to be able to!
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