[LaFolie]

Originally Posted by sparkly

Oour kids are extremely dumb, and no one wants to tell them for fearing of hurting their feelings. This situation is both grave and complicated. It's not one problem that we can just throw into the fire and be done with it. It's a mixture of so many elements, and it's hard to know where to begin. We can call our nation's children fat and lazy, but they don't know any better. Meanwhile, we keep lowering the bar, so as not to hurt their feelings, instead of raising them up to a civilized and well educated level.

As a teacher, I couldn't agree with you more!!!