I have some kids in class - Juniors and Seniors - who had never been taught basic grammar, or the structure of an essay. Some kids honestly don't believe me when I correct them about double negatives.
"errors"
Tell that to your pilot or your surgeon.
Well-meaning 'experts' are trying to build on shaky premises laid down by other 'experts' in the past. They are trapped in the original error and most don't realize it.
I'm a pilot. I learned by doing. Ground school (classroom work) teaches you the rules and principles. Hands on instruction in the aircraft (doing) teaches you how to fly. Flight hours then increases knowledge and confidence.
Aren't those communication skills absorbed in the home and among early peer groups? Once of school age isn't it really too late?
Without which it would be pretty unwise to just throw a kid into an airplane and say "have at 'er, boy!"
Depends on the home and the peers.
The American education system has long had problems. If one can graduate high school yet be illiterate, something is wrong.
Not at all.
You don't learn anything about actually flying an airplane in ground school. And when in the plane an instructor is there beside you giving hands on instructions, to your hands. There are no books in plane.
That's what I mean, for better or for worse. "Once the twig is bent..."
Maybe it's not what the 'horse' is used to drinking. Ask a college grad to do physical work and he'll look at you like you have two heads.
Immoral behavior that isn't illegal. Although it sometimes leads to anger or illegal behavior in others. For example, adultery isn't illegal in some states, although it is grounds for divorce. It often leads to violence, even murder, if discovered. Even thoughtless disrespect can lead to such violence. 'Dissing' frequently leads to violence among blacks.
I think you are being too kind.
Edit: There are no books in the plane (time to edit expired).
Perhaps this is because America has, without excelling in education, that which other countries are stiving to attain, through education.The American education system has long had problems. If one can graduate high school yet be illiterate, something is wrong.
Americans like to think they’re the best at everything. Ignoring reality.
America Leads the World. Or Does it?
The quality of American education, as we will see, is far lower than the world has been led to believe, and the quality in China is in many cases much superior to that in the US. Americans might care to ask why it is that Chinese elementary or high school students moving to the US are often promoted by one or two grades. The reason is that they know so much more than their American counterparts they would suffer terminal boredom if forced to remain at their prior grade level.
The myth persists that the US has always led the world in quality of education, but this is nothing more than branding propaganda and part of the indoctrination process of American moral superiority that is wholly unsupported by facts. Consider this quote from an American education expert:
“The US has never been first in the world, nor even near the top, on any international tests. Consistently over the past half century, American students have typically scored near the median at best, but most often being in the bottom quartile. The historical record indicates that American elementary students are only average at best, their performance degrading year by year until high school seniors perform last in almost all international tests. The International Science Studies that began in high schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s found that 14-year-olds were below average and seniors scored last of all countries. In the International Mathematics tests that began in the 1960s, American high school seniors scored last of all nations. In the 1982 International Mathematics Study, high school seniors placed at the bottom on almost every test. In terms of the PISA tests, American students – placing last – are simply following the pattern that has been consistent for the past 50 years or more.” [5a]
Dumber Than the Average Human
