Re: Liberal Progressives are ignorant Archived Message
Posted by Dovetail Joint on December 10, 2023, 8:37 pm, in reply to "Liberal Progressives are ignorant"
Alas, it's because that 'old, white, male' stuff is too hard to read, let alone understand. It requires too much effort. The great expansion of higher education over the last few decades, has been a mixed blessing, because, in reality, an awful lot of people aren't intellectually cut out for it. I used to believe, or think, that intelligence was equally spread out in the population. It isn't. My daughter has just abandoned her career teaching in a highschool because she's convinced that 90% of her stundents shouldn't be there at all, but should have learned a practical trade and skills instead. Only the status isn't in being a skilled tradesman, it's in book learning. Great for those who love and devour books, only her students weren't really all that keen on reading long and complex texts.
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