Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

  Saw a piece on Tom Harman this morning where they were talking about the decline in intelligence scores on tests since about 2008. The last few years prove that it is not limited to the US but is a worldwide issue, everyone seems to be getting dumber. Stupidity is the only way to justify the crap we are seeing in the people that are being voted into high office. 

   Every country in the world seems to have a share of stupids that are entrusted with making decisions for the citizens of the various nations and most of these people cannot make a decision as to what to have for breakfast, IHop, McDonalds or road kill. We are having the ignorance effort pushed to the limit with book banning and burning, the demands of misguided political people trying to establish school curriculum based on their faith or opinion.

   Schools are being closed because of a lack of teachers. When too many involve themselves in places they should stay out of things do not get better. The guidance to educators should be established before classes begin and then let the teachers run with it. Coming in with new requirements in the middle of a year is not productive. 

   What is written here is an opinion and yes I am aware that opinions are like a–holes, everyone has one and from time to time they all stink. That being said, keep in mind that education is the one commodity that keeps one ahead of another and we as a nation do not need to be in the trailing category when it comes to education. Just because a word or phrase from the past may upset a small number of people that should not make it a target to eliminate an entire book or portion of historical knowledge from school curriculum. 

    The language of yesterday may seem crude today but it is no more offensive than some of the language we hear today and at some point what we use as common verbiage  may be totally offensive to the generation of tomorrow. Knowing the terminology of the past may give you a leg up someday if only to solve a crossword puzzle.

   The ignorance that is prevalent is very much in evidence when we have so many people in positions of power that seem to be illiterate on multiply levels. They cannot write and make sense, they cannot speak without profanity or complete lack of knowing which word to say to convey a message properly, and they cannot answer questions that have not been rehearsed. Moral codes do not exist for these people, it  is take as much as you can and turn down no offer if it enriches your bank account even if it destroys your country.