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Thread ID: 15568	2002-02-10 07:58:00	Quick survey of the young ones.	Guest (0)	Press F1

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35206	2002-02-11 12:46:00	This is not a chat line so I disagree with the use of the chat language here. In the early 1900's some eleven year olds were asked a series of maths questions and about eight years ago teacher trainees were asked the same questions. The eleven year olds of the early 1900's did better than the teacher trainees so is it surprising.	Guest (0)
35207	2002-02-11 20:09:00	My grandma left school at the age of 13 when her mum died. She was born in 1879, and went to a 'working class' school in the depths of 'working class' Birmingham. She was able to leave at that age to look after her brothers and sisters because she had attained a 'Silver Certificate'. The houses were one up and one down slums with communal back yard toilets. Dont talk to me about poverty in NZ. She read widely, was literate, her arithmetic was excellent, she was also deaf from a teacher slapping her on her ear and driving an ear-ring into the ear. I've heard enough rubbish over the years how education is improving, it's just not true despite all the protests to the contrary, not even for the 'masses'. The well educated in those days WERE well educated, scientists of different nationalities conversed in Latin or Greek, wrote their papers in Latin, and were also wholly educated in the classics too. The ordinary people received a good basic grounding if they were prepared to listen. Sorry, for those who deliberately post incoherent gibberish, I have no time whatsoever.	Guest (0)
35208	2002-02-12 00:55:00	Quote 'I am a substancial employer and I insist that job applications be completed in the applicants own handwriting. What a lovely thing irony is. At the moment i can count three spelling mistakes in his forum post including the one in the quote above. Speaking for the youth of today, i find it dissapointing that there is a substancial (sic) lack of adult literacy in todays society.	Guest (0)
35209	2002-02-13 05:10:00	Perhaps the cool dudes could become supercool by omitting *all* letters and punctuation, instead of merely most. It would improve their speed to infinite, and not reduce the information content by much. 'Light the blue touch paper and retire to a safe distance'.	Guest (0)
35210	2002-02-13 09:53:00	Graham, I have to know: Are you a terrible cynic, or do you just have a terribly dry sense of humour? Either way, you do make me laugh!	Guest (0)
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