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   -=> randy L wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    RL> When I was in school, I usually got along pretty well with my teachers.   
    RL> But looking back, I can see that the ones that I didn't get along with   
    RL> were very similar: Incompetent.  "Don't ask questions.  Just do what   
    RL> you're told."  And today, those bad teachers are the norm, not the   
    RL> exception - by design.   
      
    rL> Same here. But where did they get all that ignorance from?   
      
   It accumulated over time by creating incentives.   
      
   1. Power to the Unions - which makes education seem unnecessary.  "Look at how   
   much I can make and I didn't graduate high school!"   
   2. A population that thinks education isn't necessary doesn't want to pay for   
   it.  So low pay for the teachers.   
   3. Good teachers have a choice: Work in a place where you won't get paid well   
   and will be disrespected, or do something else.  I've known good teachers   
   who've left the education system for this reason.   
   4. Education is required by the state, so they have to hire someone.  So we get   
   the people who literally can't do anything else.   
      
    rL> I'll assume   
    rL> that the teachers in the southern states are smarter, mostly due to   
    rL> their political decisions.   
      
   Not necessairly a valid assumption.  It all depends on the situation.   
      
   Remember that this was a long-term thing.  They didn't want this to happen   
   overnight because people would notice what they were doing.   
      
    RL> Then you have the media popularizing the "gansta" culture and you start   
    RL> getting Wiggers.   
      
    rL> But the media is broadcast all over the USA. Why are northern state   
    rL> idiots more susceptible to the wigger disease?   
      
   Who knows.  Like I said, this is a long-term thing.  Counterculture has always   
   been looked at favorably by the younger crowd.   
      
   Or perhaps the wiggers in the north simply didn't associate with real low-life   
   blacks where that would be more common in the south.  Speculation here.   
      
    rL> I'm sure that it works out well for many people, but now I see through   
    rL> the pressure campaign; the elitists want college to be desirable, and   
    rL> they want to build an infrastructure of useless institutions.   
      
   Yup.  Colleges have always been a haven for people who can't perform.   
      
      
   ... I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous   
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