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Re:A warning to college profs from a high school teacher by joe_the_user on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @11:25PM (#5211387)
Good point,

The mediocrity of a lot of third world education comes from an education system fixed on memorization - Richard Feynman had a comment about Brazilian education in one of this books (though things might have gotten better there for all I know). The thought that the US is creating a third world system out-of its previous first world education system is mind-boggling.

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Re:A warning to college profs from a high school teacher by intended on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @11:46PM (#5211450)
I've read that anecdote, and its exactly what's being done here.

It's the difference between literacy and education, and apparently literacy is now good enough.

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