In fact, the only reason this country has so many educated, successful people in it is because of the public school system, in which everyone is entitled to an education. A society without public schools is a society where the poor cannot afford education and therefore cannot lift themselves out of their lot in life. The fact that a site entitled “Make Stupidity History” is railing against an institution that has pretty much single-handedly generated an educated, well-informed, and financially well-off society such as ours is asinine.

As for no evidence of intention, that you refuse to look at the evidence doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. (Try clicking blue underlined things once in a while.)

Also, the claim in the article is that there is an intentional degradation of the school systems. There is not any evidence of that though.

In the 40’s and 50’s, there were precious few illiterate kids – a real rarity. There was no ADHD (LMNOP) or learning disabled. Handwriting could be read by another and most students could solve math problems on their own. Children could write creatively in a form called “written compositions” or stand-up in front of the class “oral compositions”. Correct spelling was encouraged. And the class sizes? – 30 to 40 in every class. There was discipline and quiet.

Now, in the 1980’s and beyond, small class sizes, “time-out” rooms, kids lined up to ingest their “meds” (powerful, addictive, cocaine-like psychotropic drugs). No dictionaries needed either because a close guess is acceptable. No expectations of excellence – gotta protect their self esteem (as idiots).

That is the public school of today. This is deliberately evil and unacceptable.

Sincerely,

Fred Hall (b.1935)