On 10/10/2011 7:00 AM, Howard Brazee wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:24:08 -0700, John
wrote:

Could have some relationship to the accelerated "dumbing down" of
schools and students which has been underway for decades ...


Not for decades - forever. Each generation is dumber, has poorer
values, and is in every way worse than the previous generation - as
defined by the previous generation. Everything good peaked at the
previous generation after millennia of improvement, but is now going
down hill.

For any value of "now" that you wish to use getting its previous
generation to make the valuation.


Well, an example of that might be my own childhood, and that "past
generation."

Eighty-percent of the people owned their own homes, twenty-percent were
buying (mortgages, renting, etc.) -- today that is totally upside down
and an excellent indication of the trouble we are in ...

Regards,
JS