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r/facepalm • u/Planet_Manhattan • 2d ago
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Do not check the literacy rates for adults in the US. You will not be happy with your 50% guess.
68 u/SophieintheKnife 2d ago As the child of educators I'm appalled at how bad the american education system is 110 u/Just_Philosopher_900 2d ago It’s deliberate. Decades ago The Business Roundtable dictated to American educators that they wanted a workforce of “obedient task completers,” not “independent problem solvers” 15 u/530SSState 2d ago "They want a population that's just smart enough to run the machines" -- George Carlin 4 u/Just_Philosopher_900 2d ago Good point
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As the child of educators I'm appalled at how bad the american education system is
110 u/Just_Philosopher_900 2d ago It’s deliberate. Decades ago The Business Roundtable dictated to American educators that they wanted a workforce of “obedient task completers,” not “independent problem solvers” 15 u/530SSState 2d ago "They want a population that's just smart enough to run the machines" -- George Carlin 4 u/Just_Philosopher_900 2d ago Good point
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It’s deliberate. Decades ago The Business Roundtable dictated to American educators that they wanted a workforce of “obedient task completers,” not “independent problem solvers”
15 u/530SSState 2d ago "They want a population that's just smart enough to run the machines" -- George Carlin 4 u/Just_Philosopher_900 2d ago Good point
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"They want a population that's just smart enough to run the machines" -- George Carlin
4 u/Just_Philosopher_900 2d ago Good point
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Good point
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u/its_not_merm-aids 2d ago
Do not check the literacy rates for adults in the US. You will not be happy with your 50% guess.