tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post7929201524753066470..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: This Just Indelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-3192188007250800842009-03-07T13:49:00.000-05:002009-03-07T13:49:00.000-05:00It isn't that surprising how ignorant people are i...It isn't that surprising how ignorant people are in the US. They've been dumbing down the school system for decades, on purpose. I worked in publishing production on a grade school series, and the geniuses at the publishing house decided that "porridge" was too hard a word for kids. We thought they had to be joking. They weren't. This was nearly 20 years ago. I can imagine what the books look like now. <BR/><BR/>I have a coworker who recently came to me with questions about arranging travel for a contractor, and it was obvious that he thinks China and England and India are city names in that other country that is "not America." Really? Sadly, yes. And he's a college graduate, in his 30s. He recently got a promotion. <BR/><BR/>--LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com