Three-quarters of high school seniors tested weren't able to show skills in the subject of civics. So says a recent study by the US Department of Education, who administers the National Assessment of Education Progress test.
It occurred to me recently that our poor public education system is not rudimentary and inadequate just to raise new, uninformed consumers, but also to supply the military. I'm going out on a limb hear noting that, the more educated one is, the less likely is going to fall for the military recruitment posters and shpiel. I'm taking about grunts, the boots on the ground/deck people. First, the more educated one is, the more options available to you for advancement, so the less attractive a tour is to you. Second, you are just more likely to fall for their BS. Public high school is the very beginning of the military-industrial complex at work.
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