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I'm not a teacher, but I had a job where I had to manage younger adults and a significant portion of communication was done in text. When I started the job I wondered why so many used weird short hand and what I thought was purposeful misspelling. I later learned that it wasn't shorthand, but that many were just barely literate.

This is from the thread. So, essentially, we have a whole generation of Charlies from Always Sunny. America is fucked.

I am legitimately sick to my stomach from anger after learning about this. A bunch of snake oil peddling cultists have scammed the American and other Anglo school systems, from the sound of it, for decades. And tens of millions, if not a hundred million kids have suffered for it.

Well yeah. The average reading level for American adults is 7th grade level. The system hasn’t worked for a long time.

The rapid gutting of the education system is a understated yet horrifying thing.

I remember there was a opinion piece saying that Education in the Eastern Bloc and China is a tool for the government to control people.

I guess not able to read is a way to not turn red

I was thinking about this in the context of the UK the other day, and it makes sense to wear down the educational system as much as possible, mainly for two reasons.

Quality isn’t necessary. The education system up to 14-ish years old serves essentially as free(ish) daycare so parents don’t have an excuse not to work. This then allows rent/house prices to inflate up to what a couple can pay, rather than a single parent.

The uneducated masses are easy to control. I work/live in a very well-educated environment, but have regular contact with less educated people. It’s insane the things they’ll believe in.

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Thanks for the recommendation--will definitely be checking this out.

edit: I just listened to the first episode and WTF, the people responsible for getting this new curriculum into schools should be in prison. It's a crime of unfathomable proportions against children who have no way to defend themselves.

: "You know, all that book' learning hurts muh economy, right?"