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Originally Posted by tony286
Here in 1900 to 1999
https://www.msu.edu/~bsilver/pls440century.html
Education
¶ At the beginning -- and even in the middle -- of the century, high school diplomas were rare, indeed. Back in 1900, for instance, only 6 percent of 17-year-olds graduated from high school. By 1940, 25 percent of people age 25 and over had at least a high school diploma. Today, a diploma is the rule rather than the exception: 83 percent of people age 25 and over had at least a high school diploma in 1998. |
Tony, I have two kids. One graduated last year. The other is 15 and in high school. If you saw how low the standards are now you would laugh.
I swear to God we did more advanced stuff in 5th grade than they are doing in 10th grade.
They have lowered the standards down now to where you basically have to have severe retardation to NOT get a high school diploma. It's outrageous.
I guess it's all tied in to getting funding. They have to meet a certain criteria to get money. So they just keep dumbing shit down to get better ratios of "success".
That's why our kids aren't learning shit and get left in the dust by the Japanese.