I second the motion! Marsha M. Ward Network/Web Administrator, IDEA Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA -----Original Message----- From: shamancw [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? Three Cheers for Dot!!!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dot Minshall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? > OK, I feel I must weigh in. As a teacher, and the daughter of a teacher > (and I won't even get into the rest of the family tree!) I am also appalled > at the level of ignorance so prevalent in our society. Very few feel the > need to learn correct usage of the language, fewer still feel inclined to > study history. Imagine my horror when, several years ago, I attended a > showing of the broadway musical "Les Miz." After Javert's many curtain > calls at the end, the lights in the theatre went up and we all started to > leave. Two college-age girls were in the row in front of me, one saying, > "So, did this, like, revolution thing really happen?" > > My family has always felt that the root of this particular evil was an > arrogant laziness. After all, look how great our country is. Look how much > we've achieved! And besides, who needs to excel, anyway, when the > government will pay many for NOT working more than my husband makes at his > full-time job! > > We've been so careful not to make under-achievers feel bad about themselves, > so eager to promote this "self-esteem" garbage that no one has much > incentive to better themselves. > > The worst part is that we've forgotten God, and the Biblical principles on > which this great nation was founded. Read Deuteronomy 8:11-20, for a quick > recap of what a country can expect when they forsake God, and rely on their > own might and intellect. Sound familiar? If this doesn't describe the > United States of America to you, well, you need some of that 8th grade > history. > > Dot > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >