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Originally Posted by 1968Cayman
Watching the news this morning (first time in years), one of the stories headlined as 'Grim News About US Education' was about the recent rash of military entrance exam failures (1 in 4) that include such, "simple questions like if 2 x 2 = 4, what's the value of x?"
Uhhhhhhhh . . .
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Read the same article this morning. What's really telling is that
75% of 17-24 year olds fail to qualify for the armed forces because they are either school drop outs, have criminal records, or cannot pass the physical fitness requirements.