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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
Your mother's opinions, along with those of my sister, are purely anecdotal. The proof is in the pudding. Which generation was better educated and more prepared for life? Time will tell.
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You are right in my opinion 'Barb' on this educational issue, the number of times I have been in shops, and had to tell the assistant how much change was required when the till was not working, and yet today's Decimal System is far simpler from the old Imperial System that we and our forebears had to cope with.
Today's and by todays school leavers, I include all those who were educated after the Grammar School system was 'butchered' and no I was not clever enough to go, as at the time my education had suffered as a result of wartime and postwar scarcety and moving about, as my Father was a regular in the Royal Airforce. The system allowed for late developers, there was not the distraction of television and other visual playthings that are the cause of illiteracy today plus as 'Barb' rightly points out a poor standard of teachers, which in my opinion will only get worse as the educational standards are dropped annualy.