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Lifer
Aug 1, 2018
2,862
15,356
Alberta
I tried explaining what a corncob pipe was to a 20ish year old girl working at a convenience store/smokeshop because they had them behind the counter. She was clueless as to what I was asking for until I said that they were yellow and on a cardboard display, then she found them for me, but still refused to believe that they were made of corn and looked at me like I was the idiot.
 

Hillcrest

Lifer
Dec 3, 2021
3,890
19,975
Connecticut, USA
A friend was teaching an after school religious education class to 'eighth grade' students ... seriously ... they had no idea (and had ever heard the terms) that we in the USA live in a democratic republic and had no idea what democracy was or meant !! How can you possibly go eight years and not know those terms or what they mean ??? Well, its now possible. Forget pipes ... they are clueless to far more basic ideas needed for their survival than we know. That why they eat Tide Pods and make lemonade from Sunlight dishwashing liquid ... they can't read or do math. I better stop because I don't want to violate any rules.
 

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,211
60,649
Education has become a desert. Too few teachers, and the best and very good teachers are run off by the hyper political climate if not by downright threats. Home schooling depends on the parents, who may not be competent in all or any subjects. It has become a presumption that if cities and counties pay enough to keep the schools grinding along, the process will take care of itself. Then add the pandemic.

The raw intelligence is there in many children, but they may be held back by others in the class. Teachers are not often admired, and good students are ignored or persecuted. The result is dazed young people who can'd listen, have stunted vocabularies, and struggle with community and family situations.

Meantime, the wealthy send their kids to schools that are private or selective by zip code and do pretty well. So their kids are "deserving" and "advanced placement."

Education is a national resource, and it is a scarce commodity. We all pay for its absence. When I find a young person who shows some comprehension and competence, I'm thrilled. They're like thoroughbreds that run away from the pack. Too many who could do well are left behind.

I might have tried to talk the uncomprehending clerk through the process of finding the Marlboro Golds, just to assess her mental processes. Maybe she could be directed by visual cues. Sometimes people have handicaps they can surmount. Just to find out what the hell was going on with her, if I had the time.
 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,083
16,204
A friend was teaching an after school religious education class to 'eighth grade' students ... seriously ... they had no idea (and had ever heard the terms) that we in the USA live in a democratic republic and had no idea what democracy was or meant !! How can you possibly go eight years and not know those terms or what they mean ??? Well, its now possible. Forget pipes ... they are clueless to far more basic ideas needed for their survival than we know. That why they eat Tide Pods and make lemonade from Sunlight dishwashing liquid ... they can't read or do math. I better stop because I don't want to violate any rules.
All by design.

 

bullet08

Lifer
Nov 26, 2018
10,340
41,850
RTP, NC. USA
So, you punished yourself rather than expand the clerk's knowledge. Good choice!
I don't think a grown human needs a help in telling the difference between red, green, gold and silver. At best, that individual wasn't in a mood to do her job as a cashier in a drugstore that sells tobacco products. So I helped her to go back to her daily break at 0930.
 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,083
16,204
$2500 has been deducted from your account for spreading misinformation ;); you are banned from Twitter ;); you are in Facebook jail for 30 days ;); Don't even think about Snapchat ;); Oh, and when the doorbell rings hit the deck and don't say anything to the federales ! ;) :eek: :cry:
Can you even imagine what Carlin would have to say about all the shit that's gone on over the last 14 years since he left us?
 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,083
16,204
@Winnipeger

Just noticed your signature line LOL.

I can't imagine how I could have ever uttered words of such impenetrable wisdom. I must have somehow channeled them from the ether.
 
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