What I worry about is that the scare merchants are creating a nation of know-nothings.
That's like saying that bank robbers create banks. Not true.
I should have noted that a nation of know-nothings is creating scare merchants, who are all busy filling their bottles of snake oil telling us that they are ready to save us from having to know anything and think for ourselves. All that is required is that we give them our money and give up our free will.
I wish I could say that I think they will fail, but looking at the current state of our education system, I don't see the Calvary coming over the hill. What I see is a mass of graduates from K-12 who have massive self-esteem, but no education in science, math or logic. We have equipped them for failure.
And, unless the student opts for a "hard" science type of higher degree, they wind up owing Uncle Sam thousands of dollars for a degree that too often qualifies them only for employment that has "Do you want to biggie size that?" in its job description.
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