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Attilatheblond

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16. Our world history teacher was former OSS, and boy oh boy, was that class a deep dive

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 05:37 PM

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You are right, the system has gone to 'quantify by test scores' and kids are not getting educated well. Essays? Don't make me laugh. Most younger people can't do it as they have no context to call on to explain what they do or don't know.

Planned dumbing down of the population. It's how our nation gets taken down.

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