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(05-23-2017 07:41 PM)ELCore Wrote:  And we spend billions upon tens of billions upon hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars on education.

Agreed. My mother used to complain that the more taxes she paid in the name of education, the worse the schools became. She also noted that she had only one child and one grandchild in those schools, while multiple welfare babies (whose parent(s) paid no taxes) were overloading the system.

I taught some of those welfare children and had no qualms about it. Education for all is part of our system, but it would be nice if everyone could assist in raising those dismal performances. Unfortunately, it is not just the history field that is taking a beating. Education is not fair and equitable in the arts and humanities subjects any more.