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Showing Original Post only (View all)The 50's, 60's and 70's were the golden age of education in this country [View all]
But that stopped with Reagan and the conservatives. They cut education funding, started to privatize education and now our kids are drilled and killed by for profit testing companies promoted and with the profits going to the bush crime family
I remember when we had home economics, trade education, drivers Ed and electives that made school interesting or all. Many people I knew were able to get jobs after high school that paid them a living wage, you could get college prep and afford to go to college, you could learn automotive repair, or get a journeyman welding, plumbing and electrician training leading to a good paying union jobs. Now the only way to get these jobs is get ripped off by a for profit schools when in the past in your junior and senior year you could take these classes and still get a high school diploma.
I feel sorry for today's kids that they missed out on the golden age of education. We are no longer preparing our kids for the 21st century ( unless you come from a wealthy family)
And now with the GOP poised to take over the house and senate and suppress people's votes in states so you'll never be able to get rid of them I Now fear for our children and for our country. We are no longer a nation of dreamers but schemers.
Ironically those benefited in these golden years are voting for people who want to completely destroy our educational system. Shame on the greatest generation and the older baby boomers for being so selfish and bamboozled by faux world.