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cilla4progress

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16. Great info and

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 11:28 AM

Jun 2020

observation. Thanks!

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WHY ARE AMERICANS SO DUMB? [View all] cilla4progress Jun 2020 OP

Dumbest country in the industrialized world BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #1

Where is that? cilla4progress Jun 2020 #4

Scotland BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #5

Ahhhh.. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #7

Yeah I've spent a lot of time in the U.K. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #8

Cool. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #12

No, THAT is cool! BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #15

My ancestors beg to dffer Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #18

Good question, are there any other countries where wearing a mask is this controversial? tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #2

Cult yankee87 Jun 2020 #3

I blame it on Ohiogal Jun 2020 #6

This oswaldactedalone Jun 2020 #13

Without a properly functioning Fourth Estate, keeping the electorate informed and holding sop Jun 2020 #22

There has been a multi-decade assault on public education by Republicans dlk Jun 2020 #9

"I love the uneducated." cilla4progress Jun 2020 #14

They are sheep who line up to buy his snake oil. dlk Jun 2020 #17

Makes me think of cilla4progress Jun 2020 #19

Yes, I remember the film well dlk Jun 2020 #21

Flim flam cilla4progress Jun 2020 #27

Professor Harold Hill promoted the "Think Method" of music education. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #36

Our schools are at the core. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #10

Great info and cilla4progress Jun 2020 #16

America should have the best public schools in the world-we have the necessary resources dlk Jun 2020 #20

Too often people are not willing to pay the taxes needed for good schools. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #28

The tax structure to support schools could be reconfigured to be more equitable dlk Jun 2020 #30

Yep. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #33

There's an idea! dlk Jun 2020 #34

FOX NEWS nt blaze Jun 2020 #11

This goes along with my question area51 Jun 2020 #23

For some people the Bible is a textbook. dem4decades Jun 2020 #24

Magical thinking, especially among religious sects, has replaced science for many. jalan48 Jun 2020 #25

George Carlin had a bit on why Americans weren't better informed/smarter RockRaven Jun 2020 #26

I would say a large part of it is the education system Luciferous Jun 2020 #29

GW Bush made stupid acceptable IMO. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #31

Brainwashed by their news source choices? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #32

Because religion is pushed on children and education has been defunded for 20+ NightWatcher Jun 2020 #35