First anecdote:
During an English composition class we were to learn to write opinions about current issues. The professor, God bless her, provided a list of about 50 different issues such as social security for each of us to choose from. A week later, after we had all turned in these compositions and the professor had read them, the professor devoted a two hour lecture to understanding these issues.
In a room with about 30 adults around the age of 20 the professor asked how many people know what social security is. Two of us raised our hands. She asked how many people in here are working and receiving a paycheck. Everyone raised their hands. Then she asked how many people have something called FICA withheld from their paychecks. Again everyone raised their hands. Finally she asked how many people know what that FICA is that your employers are taking out of your checks. Again, only two of us raised our hands. The only two who knew what social security was were the two who were 40 years old! None of the 20 year olds knew this!
Social security was only one of many basic issues these kids had absolutely no understanding of!
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Patrick;
The Sober Pollock |