American kids, dumber than dirt
Mark Morford writing for SFGate:
My friend often summarizes for me what he sees, firsthand, every day and every month, year in and year out, in his classroom. He speaks not merely of the sad decline in overall intellectual acumen among students over the years, not merely of the astonishing spread of lazy slackerhood, or the fact that cell phones and iPods and excess TV exposure are, absolutely and without reservation, short-circuiting the minds of the upcoming generations.
I don’t know if the teacher in this article is being overly dramatic, but even if what he says is only half-true, then I’m terrified for our future. (via)
