I don't know if the dumbing down of society started with the increase in toxicity or if it started with a decline in the integrity of school curriculum; but both are fiascoes that started around the mid twentieth century. Once again, however, I want to be clear that this post isn't about who to point fingers at. Most of this started before many of us were ever educators in the first place. This is about reclaiming health and education that we can have and should have.
The US. Department of Education says that 20% of Americans are functionally illiterate. In other words, these people can read but they can't understand what they are reading. According the San Francisco Chronicle in 1995, over 700,000 students per year graduate high school but can't read their own diploma! As an educator, I find this is frightening. How did so many students slip through the cracks like that?
So, this is where we are now; where do we go from here? How can you help others improve? How can I help others improve? How and where can we all help each other so that we don't find ourselves in a further decline?
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