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Isn't it amazing that the schools have time to teach our children these 'politically correct' subjects but the kid down at the Burger King, or any other store in town, can't even count back change to you if the register isn't operating. Without complete parental involvement, we have kids in Middle School and High School that can't perform the basics: Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic.
Ask most any kid hanging around with his pants falling down a simple question, i.e.," Who fought in the Civil War?" Even MBA graduates that were interviewed last spring couldn't answer this. Ask students to 'estimate' something, i.e., "If it takes 1 gallon of paint to paint 3 8' x 10' walls, how many gallons do you need in order to paint 4 8' x 10' walls?" The answer you'll get will involve a piece of paper, a pencil and a lot of algebra calculations, but you won't get a "common sense" answer and probably not even a...
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