Quote from: K-Dog on Jul 27, 2025, 09:48 AMQuoteI think it relates to the degradation of the American education system.
Or total lack thereof. I say that in an absolute way because thinking critically is something you do or you don't.
Education was a victim of Capitalism and Women's Liberation. Prior to the 1970s, Teaching was one of the few career track jobs dominated by well educated women where salaries were on a par with men. As time went by, the private sector salaries for educated workers grew faster than government jobs, pulling educated workers of both genders out of teaching. Simultaneously, as more families required 2 incomes to keep pace with inflation, you had an increase in the number of latchkey kids unsupervised after school. Single parent families increased with the divorce rate. Behavior problems became systemic with drugs and mainstreaming of ADHD and other developmeental problems. Class sizes were increased with budget cutting and teaching became ever harder as ever less qualified people were attracted to the career.
It was in bad shape by the time I tried the profession in the 90s. Can't imagine what it must be like today.
RE