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Consider that most of what it takes to get through the day is stuff that an 8th grade education can (or used to be able to) handle. Most of out day is pretty mundane really.It just scares me that most people think reality TV is. 😮
In CA the HS Exit Exam is given starting in 10th grade. The student must pass to (has several chances) to get a diploma when all other req'ts are met. It's based on 8th grade math and reading level. Three cheers for NCLB.
In a word, no.There are many good and well paying occupations that do not require a four year degree. don't get me wrong these do require some sort of education, usually in the from of a tech certificate or AA level from a tech school or community college. Gone is the day when a HS diploma would pay the freight but four years isn't always the ticket either.I am not marking down a four year degree yet but it's getting more like the HS diploma… little more than a certificate of attendance… all the time.Sowell pointed out some time back that the system (in the name of equality and affirmative action) was pushing students into schools beyond their level and dooming them to failure. I would add that this isn't just kids of color… we push marginal kids into state colleges when they would be better served at a CC. If they have success and want to go on so much the better but get them to a place they can have success first. Same for the kids that get pushed into top drawer universities when they really are state colleg level students… far too many wash out or end up taking remediation classes at a high cost in both dollars and time.Loans are a scam too… when I started in our local state college a full load was about $85.00 a semester + books (I think I had about 125.00 in books)… I worked some and the cost was more reasonable then. No loans for me or my wife either.My two cents.
I'm kind of surprised at the diseases. Was cancer discovered yet?
….Cancer was known to the medical profession many centuries ago.
It is only in the last 100 years or so that we have had all the other things that were killing us under control enough to life long enough for most cancers to get us. 😮
While the signature thing is largely considered myth he did have a fat checkbook and was a major source of funding for the cause. 😉
….We would have probably four or more blocks of independents states all members Commonwealth had the Revolutionary?s war failed.
Welcome to the forum! I think your premise has merit since the various colonies had some serious regional, economic, and religious baggage to contend with. Might have been several smaller Commonweath members but my bet is Britain would have tried to weld it back togehter somehow.Cheers,Wally
Isn't a constituionalist by definition a constructionist?…
For you and me… doubt many Obamaniacs understand this, after all they swore to preserve and defend the document… nothing about leaving it alone. 😛
I'm in too. If the person is a Constitutionalist (consructionalist not revisionist) I can support someone from either party. At least until a viable third party arrives on the scene.
Interesting Choices. I like Barbour but am not convinced that Jindal is the real deal. Jindal's claim to fame seems to be he is doing everything the Democrats in Louisiana don't want him to do. I would love to see somebody truly original come along. Preferably it would be somebody that is beholden to nobody, has original ideas, and has the money to finance a run without having to accept special interest money.The biggest problem is the system itself almost seems as if it is designed to ensure that anyone elected to high office is cporrupted by the very process of getting there.
I agree but the last one that fit that bill was Carter (more or less).
