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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the American education system is absolutely fucked

I've always felt it's a cultural issue. Just about every kid I knew thought that school was the worst prison imaginable. It was something to hate. If you disagreed with that, you were a "nerd" and should be mocked and bullied for it. That was reflected in the media at the time I grew up too.

What I don't really get though is how people can read plurals every day 100 times with their own eyes and still not internalize how they work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could it be that if every kid thinks school sucks, perhaps it's because the school sucks?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I always thought it was due to anti-intellectualism. In America it's a thing.