Originally Posted by
Exit.
No one uses velcro on shoes past the age of 12. The vast majority of my contemporaries, all of which are in their early 20s or late teens, read regularly. They still teach math in school the way they've taught it forever; you're not allowed the use of a calculator for the vast majority of exams.
You and your ridiculous prejudices can kindly take a long walk off a short pier.
Sorry if I touched a nerve. I don't think everyone under 20 is an idiot. I teach Physics and Honors Bio at a HS. I see kids with LOADS of talent and skills to boot. But I also have sophs of which 90+% can't do a metric conversion. Scary!!!! A tell them colleges will expect more. They say they're not going into science. Business and law is their choice! Just what we need in the US, More pencil pushers and ambulance chasers. My dad was a machinist, My grandfather was too. I just hate that nobody "tinkers" anymore. Thats where the ideas become realities.
PS.. Ive taken a long walk off a short pier... The fishing was great!