Education in the US

The issue is that the Left took over the education system with the intent of dumming down students to become liberal and vote Democrat. I've got to hand it to them because it worked.
 
Damn Yankee said:
The issue is that the Left took over the education system with the intent of dumming down students to become liberal and vote Democrat. I've got to hand it to them because it worked.
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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds the right spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain any more so it eats it. It's rather like the average neocon.
 
tom prendergast said:
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds the right spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain any more so it eats it. It's rather like the average neocon.
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Nice story, but what's a "neocon"? If you would like a label that applies to me, I would suggest you use "old school conservative".
 
Ok.... the point of this thread was to discuss the education system in the US. If you two want to have a cat fight... take it to another thread.
 
Damn Yankee said:
See post 5, where I predicted that's all you have, which of course is nothing.

Where did you go to college, Tom? :)
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God, you are such a sensitive chap at times, I was merely pointing out that if you are going to go on about dumbing down then you might just undermine your case if you then misspell the word. As to my education, I have a BA in Chemistry from Lancaster University.

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Yup. SM....you willing to teach physical sciences at $35,000 to $45,000/year?

I was offered a job teaching life sciences in Mecklenberg Co, school system, they adjusted my salary offer for the years of experience I had in the field and it was still $25 kpy less than I currently made.

I think the second part of it has to do with the University system. When I was in college a third rate moron like Dixie could earn honors as an elementary education major. A big part of the problem is our Universities do not prepare students to be good teachers. They provide them a water downed curriculum and a degree. My suggestion is they need to start with improving the academic standards for undergraduate/graduate degrees. Hell it's harder to earn an associates degree as an engineering tech then it is to earn a Masters in elementary education in most Universities.
 
tom prendergast said:
God, you are such a sensitive chap at times, I was merely pointing out that if you are going to go on about dumbing down then you might just undermine your case if you then misspell the word. As to my education, I have a BA in Chemistry from Lancaster University.
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So being the spell police is your excuse today, but what about yesterday?

So why didn't you go with the more rigorous BS course of study? A BA in chemistry is fairly worthless unless you go on to graduate school. I guess your grades must have sucked.
 
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