“One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason.” - Thomas Sowell

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[–]Robin 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Mass compulsion schooling was intended to have a dumbing down effect on kids, as John Taylor Gatto meticulously documented -- for the US -- in The Underground History Of American Education.