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February 7, 2006
More Teens Can Name the Three Stooges Than Can Name the Three Branches of Government.
More teens know the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air than know the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
More teens know which city has the zip code “90210″ than the city in which the US Constitution was written.
More teens know who starred in the motion picture “Titanic” than know the Vice President of the United States.
For the detailed study:
National Constitution Center Survey
Whoever hasn’t heard about the absolutely dismal performance records of American public high school students just hasn’t been paying very close attention.
Schools are no longer places of education; they are warehouses, detention centers and sophisticated day care centers.
And now ..thisssssssssssssssss…
USA today’s opinion of the day: Let high school kids sleep later. Start the school day later to accomodate the exhausted teens and wala!..their performance will rise!
No more falling asleep at their desks during morning class, more attention and concentration..just like that!
The details are at USAToday
Just what teens need more of these days: self indulgence and accomodation.
So when they go off to college (provided they can even read the entrance application), or when they enter the work force, they can just assume if they party till 2AM, the boss will just allow them to show up at work ..at say…noon?
If wev’e given up on providing an extensive education, the very least we can do is make a feeble attempt to build character. Lowering standards is not only scandalous..it’s downright shameful.
After all won’t the teens of today be governing themselves one day..not to mention some of them governing others as well?
On second thought – maybe they’ll just “sleep in.”
