Why The US Is A Failed
Society - Dumbed To Oblivion
By Joseph E Fasciani
5-9-4
Let's put aside the denial and look at the real reason the U.S. is
such a mess these days: its so-called "educational" system and
opportunities. I admit I am a product of that system's defects: I was
allowed to graduate high school without repeating the basic math,
civics, and English studies I'd failed in my high school senior year.
Get 'em out the door, there are more coming!
Fortunately, I never allowed my education to interfere with my
learning: by being an autodidact, I became a writer published in the
USA, Canada, and the UK since 1965, in major and minor publications,
and now online.
Here's the Problem: instead of grounding all students in adequate
learning skills to become self-instructing, they are administered
minimal information so they can pass tests. Over-worked, poorly paid
teachers are then given a new batch to condition, and the cycle grinds
on to oblivion. Of course there are always the bright ones who are
excellent students and are a measure of compensation for the rest.
As one who has served as Instructor and Teacher, I understand the many
levels of difficulties encountered all through the many levels of the
system, and I am sympathetic to the struggling teachers and others
committed to doing their best with what they have to work with, both
humans and facilities. But what can we say about the below, recently
posted from Oklahoma schools?
The following questions and answers were collated from SAT tests given
to 16 year olds in 2002. Don't laugh too hard: one of them may be your
President someday!
Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
Q: What is a planet? A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made clean. A:
Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes sand, dead
sheep, and large pollutants like grit and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed? A: The sun shines down on leaves and makes them
perspire.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans? A: The tides are a fight
between the Moon and the Earth. All water tends to flow toward the
moon, because there is no water on the Moon, and Nature abhors a
vacuum. I forget what role the Sun plays in this fight.
Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections? A: Very
important, because sex can only happen when the male gets one.
Q: What are steroids? A: Things used to keep carpets still on the
stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age? A: When you get old, so do
your bowels, and you become intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty? A: He says goodbye
to his childhood and says hello to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes. A: Premature
death.
Q: How are the major parts of the body categorized (e.g., abdomen)? A:
The body is consisted into three parts: the brainium, the borax, and
the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax
contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the
five vowels A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What does "varicose" mean? A: Very near by.
Q: What is the fibula? A: A small lie.
Q: What is the most common form of birth control? A: Most people
prevent conception by wearing a condominium.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section." A: The Caesarian
section is a district in Rome.
Q: What is a seizure? A: A Roman emperor.
Q: How can you delay milk from turning sour? A: By keeping it in the
cow.
Q: What is a terminal illness? A: It's like when you get sick at the
airport.
Personally, my favourite is the response to the Caesarean Section
question: it sounds exactly what the pResident would have written. You
know, at moments such as these, for many people it's as simple as any
port in a storm.
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| User: "Leigh_Bee" |
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10 May 2004 05:39:03 PM |
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wrote in message news:<lgtu90556p2gjl9c987rinap8ujprd6ts5@4ax.com>...
Why The US Is A Failed
Society - Dumbed To Oblivion
By Joseph E Fasciani
5-9-4
Let's put aside the denial and look at the real reason the U.S. is
such a mess these days: its so-called "educational" system and
opportunities. I admit I am a product of that system's defects: I was
allowed to graduate high school without repeating the basic math,
civics, and English studies I'd failed in my high school senior year.
Get 'em out the door, there are more coming!
Fortunately, I never allowed my education to interfere with my
learning:
[Mark Twain]
by being an autodidact, I became a writer published in the
USA, Canada, and the UK since 1965, in major and minor publications,
and now online.
SNIP
Personally, my favourite is the response to the Caesarean Section
question: it sounds exactly what the pResident would have written. You
know, at moments such as these, for many people it's as simple as any
port in a storm.
So a mixed mataphor the last phrase "and it looks like rain"
So it is the education system that is at the root of the problem, or
is it that with minimal people required, the masses are just an over
surplus to requirements.
Yes the Corporations need lackies, they will always have them, but
fear not Ignorance is Bliss, now what was the Orwellian maxim?
Strength through Purity, Purity through Faith, No that was Vendetta!
LB
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| User: "Charly the Bastard" |
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10 May 2004 01:18:47 PM |
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wrote:
Why The US Is A Failed
Society - Dumbed To Oblivion
By Joseph E Fasciani
5-9-4
Let's put aside the denial and look at the real reason the U.S. is
such a mess these days: its so-called "educational" system and
opportunities. I admit I am a product of that system's defects: I was
allowed to graduate high school without repeating the basic math,
civics, and English studies I'd failed in my high school senior year.
Get 'em out the door, there are more coming!
Fortunately, I never allowed my education to interfere with my
learning: by being an autodidact, I became a writer published in the
USA, Canada, and the UK since 1965, in major and minor publications,
and now online.
Here's the Problem: instead of grounding all students in adequate
learning skills to become self-instructing, they are administered
minimal information so they can pass tests. Over-worked, poorly paid
teachers are then given a new batch to condition, and the cycle grinds
on to oblivion. Of course there are always the bright ones who are
excellent students and are a measure of compensation for the rest.
As one who has served as Instructor and Teacher, I understand the many
levels of difficulties encountered all through the many levels of the
system, and I am sympathetic to the struggling teachers and others
committed to doing their best with what they have to work with, both
humans and facilities. But what can we say about the below, recently
posted from Oklahoma schools?
The following questions and answers were collated from SAT tests given
to 16 year olds in 2002. Don't laugh too hard: one of them may be your
President someday!
Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
Q: What is a planet? A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made clean. A:
Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes sand, dead
sheep, and large pollutants like grit and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed? A: The sun shines down on leaves and makes them
perspire.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans? A: The tides are a fight
between the Moon and the Earth. All water tends to flow toward the
moon, because there is no water on the Moon, and Nature abhors a
vacuum. I forget what role the Sun plays in this fight.
Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections? A: Very
important, because sex can only happen when the male gets one.
Q: What are steroids? A: Things used to keep carpets still on the
stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age? A: When you get old, so do
your bowels, and you become intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty? A: He says goodbye
to his childhood and says hello to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes. A: Premature
death.
Q: How are the major parts of the body categorized (e.g., abdomen)? A:
The body is consisted into three parts: the brainium, the borax, and
the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax
contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the
five vowels A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What does "varicose" mean? A: Very near by.
Q: What is the fibula? A: A small lie.
Q: What is the most common form of birth control? A: Most people
prevent conception by wearing a condominium.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section." A: The Caesarian
section is a district in Rome.
Q: What is a seizure? A: A Roman emperor.
Q: How can you delay milk from turning sour? A: By keeping it in the
cow.
Q: What is a terminal illness? A: It's like when you get sick at the
airport.
Personally, my favourite is the response to the Caesarean Section
question: it sounds exactly what the pResident would have written. You
know, at moments such as these, for many people it's as simple as any
port in a storm.
Funny, too true, but funny. So Zak, how many did you get right? I'm
investing in a solar-powered laptop and the Library of Congrease on CD,
there's a Dark Age coming.
Public education started sliding way back in the mid sixties. If you're
under 40, you've been screwed by our Corporate Lackey government. The
Corporates don't want smart people, they want them as dumb as thay can get
them, just smart enough to sign on the Line, and they're the ones that are
really in charge here in the US. They buy elected officials, doesn't
matter which party, and tell them exactly how to vote on legislation
pending. I don't think there's any hope left for fixing the problem
within the system; honest, moral people don't get onto the ballot. Every
candidate you vote on is a Bought Person, and holds no allegiance either
to you the voter or to the Constitution, just to the Corporate Masters
that fill 'his' campaign coffers.
Finest government that money can buy... what's wromg with this picture?
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| User: "ig" |
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10 May 2004 05:21:59 PM |
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Even an education, (which anyone can get for free, because knowledge these
is the most ubiquitous thing on the planet these days) they try to con you
into believing that you have to pay someone for it.
<Zak@home.com> wrote in message
news:lgtu90556p2gjl9c987rinap8ujprd6ts5@4ax.com...
Why The US Is A Failed
Society - Dumbed To Oblivion
By Joseph E Fasciani
5-9-4
Let's put aside the denial and look at the real reason the U.S. is
such a mess these days: its so-called "educational" system and
opportunities. I admit I am a product of that system's defects: I was
allowed to graduate high school without repeating the basic math,
civics, and English studies I'd failed in my high school senior year.
Get 'em out the door, there are more coming!
Fortunately, I never allowed my education to interfere with my
learning: by being an autodidact, I became a writer published in the
USA, Canada, and the UK since 1965, in major and minor publications,
and now online.
Here's the Problem: instead of grounding all students in adequate
learning skills to become self-instructing, they are administered
minimal information so they can pass tests. Over-worked, poorly paid
teachers are then given a new batch to condition, and the cycle grinds
on to oblivion. Of course there are always the bright ones who are
excellent students and are a measure of compensation for the rest.
As one who has served as Instructor and Teacher, I understand the many
levels of difficulties encountered all through the many levels of the
system, and I am sympathetic to the struggling teachers and others
committed to doing their best with what they have to work with, both
humans and facilities. But what can we say about the below, recently
posted from Oklahoma schools?
The following questions and answers were collated from SAT tests given
to 16 year olds in 2002. Don't laugh too hard: one of them may be your
President someday!
Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
Q: What is a planet? A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made clean. A:
Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes sand, dead
sheep, and large pollutants like grit and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed? A: The sun shines down on leaves and makes them
perspire.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans? A: The tides are a fight
between the Moon and the Earth. All water tends to flow toward the
moon, because there is no water on the Moon, and Nature abhors a
vacuum. I forget what role the Sun plays in this fight.
Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections? A: Very
important, because sex can only happen when the male gets one.
Q: What are steroids? A: Things used to keep carpets still on the
stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age? A: When you get old, so do
your bowels, and you become intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty? A: He says goodbye
to his childhood and says hello to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes. A: Premature
death.
Q: How are the major parts of the body categorized (e.g., abdomen)? A:
The body is consisted into three parts: the brainium, the borax, and
the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax
contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the
five vowels A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What does "varicose" mean? A: Very near by.
Q: What is the fibula? A: A small lie.
Q: What is the most common form of birth control? A: Most people
prevent conception by wearing a condominium.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section." A: The Caesarian
section is a district in Rome.
Q: What is a seizure? A: A Roman emperor.
Q: How can you delay milk from turning sour? A: By keeping it in the
cow.
Q: What is a terminal illness? A: It's like when you get sick at the
airport.
Personally, my favourite is the response to the Caesarean Section
question: it sounds exactly what the pResident would have written. You
know, at moments such as these, for many people it's as simple as any
port in a storm.
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| User: "J.R. Bigger" |
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10 May 2004 09:18:56 PM |
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Hmmmm,
These answers were collated from SAT's...
You are such an idiot my dimwitted friend.
The SAT is a mulitple choice test. Answers included with the questions
contain none of these.
Moron.
JRB
<Zak@home.com> wrote in message
news:lgtu90556p2gjl9c987rinap8ujprd6ts5@4ax.com...
Why The US Is A Failed
Society - Dumbed To Oblivion
By Joseph E Fasciani
5-9-4
Let's put aside the denial and look at the real reason the U.S. is
such a mess these days: its so-called "educational" system and
opportunities. I admit I am a product of that system's defects: I was
allowed to graduate high school without repeating the basic math,
civics, and English studies I'd failed in my high school senior year.
Get 'em out the door, there are more coming!
Fortunately, I never allowed my education to interfere with my
learning: by being an autodidact, I became a writer published in the
USA, Canada, and the UK since 1965, in major and minor publications,
and now online.
Here's the Problem: instead of grounding all students in adequate
learning skills to become self-instructing, they are administered
minimal information so they can pass tests. Over-worked, poorly paid
teachers are then given a new batch to condition, and the cycle grinds
on to oblivion. Of course there are always the bright ones who are
excellent students and are a measure of compensation for the rest.
As one who has served as Instructor and Teacher, I understand the many
levels of difficulties encountered all through the many levels of the
system, and I am sympathetic to the struggling teachers and others
committed to doing their best with what they have to work with, both
humans and facilities. But what can we say about the below, recently
posted from Oklahoma schools?
The following questions and answers were collated from SAT tests given
to 16 year olds in 2002. Don't laugh too hard: one of them may be your
President someday!
Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
Q: What is a planet? A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made clean. A:
Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes sand, dead
sheep, and large pollutants like grit and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed? A: The sun shines down on leaves and makes them
perspire.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans? A: The tides are a fight
between the Moon and the Earth. All water tends to flow toward the
moon, because there is no water on the Moon, and Nature abhors a
vacuum. I forget what role the Sun plays in this fight.
Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections? A: Very
important, because sex can only happen when the male gets one.
Q: What are steroids? A: Things used to keep carpets still on the
stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age? A: When you get old, so do
your bowels, and you become intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty? A: He says goodbye
to his childhood and says hello to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes. A: Premature
death.
Q: How are the major parts of the body categorized (e.g., abdomen)? A:
The body is consisted into three parts: the brainium, the borax, and
the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax
contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the
five vowels A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What does "varicose" mean? A: Very near by.
Q: What is the fibula? A: A small lie.
Q: What is the most common form of birth control? A: Most people
prevent conception by wearing a condominium.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section." A: The Caesarian
section is a district in Rome.
Q: What is a seizure? A: A Roman emperor.
Q: How can you delay milk from turning sour? A: By keeping it in the
cow.
Q: What is a terminal illness? A: It's like when you get sick at the
airport.
Personally, my favourite is the response to the Caesarean Section
question: it sounds exactly what the pResident would have written. You
know, at moments such as these, for many people it's as simple as any
port in a storm.
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| User: "Saint Isidore of Laytonville" |
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10 May 2004 01:36:37 PM |
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Zak I've decided to save all your posts
to this NG and make an eBook of it
all at the end of this year -- then put it online on my website for public
review.
The Psychedelick Pope
Saint Isidore of Laytonville
^Ö^ Patron Saint of the Internet ^Ö^
°°^Ö^ °°
http://apple2.org.za/gswv/me
AOXOMOXOA and ENESSA QUA ONNICA
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