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appalachiablue

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6. The intentional decline of the education system esp teaching civics and govt is lethal.

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 10:24 PM

Oct 2024

Our educational system has failed to produce the kind of informed electorate which its founders and visionaries created and established it to do.

It has declined for decades, for which there is more than ample evidence to prove, and seems incapable of producing critical thinkers, especially when it comes to civics, politics and the social order.

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