We are only as smart as the least common denominator. It is about to get worse.
I try to avoid the news but yesterday I was in a room that happened to have the news on. The story was basically praising a city’s decision to drop the children down to a four-day school week to save money.
The parents, who I thought would be pissed off at their child not getting a good education, were only concerned with the city providing some sort of “free” day-care service on the “day off.”
They weren’t concerned that their child would learn less. Just that someone else would watch the kid.
On the other side, I assume it was people without kids but you can never be sure, were people that were thrilled at the money the city was saving. “It is about time the city made some smart cuts,” someone said, “I am sick of stupid spending.”
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist (not that we will have any anymore) but if you keep cutting the amount you educate future generations we won’t have to worry about any jobs in the future – there won’t be anybody around smart enough to invent anything or provide a service.
This really is just another example of no one in any power….strike that….no one at all, that is actually concerned about the future. Everyone seems only concerned with themselves and what they get now. Screw it, my kids can learn from television or PS3 as long as I get a couple extra tax dollars to get my nails done or have a beer with some friends.
Great. Little Jimmy will be an idiot but we saved a few bucks on gas for the buses and not paying a teacher that day.
How can anyone really think this is a good idea? You can still read this right?
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