That's a nice soundbite, but the problem goes back all the way to our Puritan founders. Those people were seriously fracked up, and their taint continues to this day. We like to tell ourselves how this country used to be much more intellectual, but it's hogwash. Throughout our history, we've had a split personality -- on the one hand praising visionary inventors, but on the other hand looking down on anyone with intellectual pursuits. The issues in our school system are made worse by stupid decisions, of course, but the problem is much deeper than the schools.
It has gotten worse than it used to be, though, at least in my everyday life. I've often wondered at the way in which people think I'm odd because I read a lot. Not my friends, of course, but people in general.
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Date: 2005-12-08 12:58 am (UTC)It has gotten worse than it used to be, though, at least in my everyday life. I've often wondered at the way in which people think I'm odd because I read a lot. Not my friends, of course, but people in general.