Oh, for the love of crap.

[holly_evolving]

http://www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/story.html?id=e3e8fd70-c5eb-4774-b928-716543dcfc09

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[promethius.livejournal.com]

I just loved the first comment to that story...

"You can't fix stupid with a book lady."

[msrp.livejournal.com]

I like the comment that says "a book can't fix stupid"


hehehe


I should probably read this book, though... *hangs head sadly*

[holly-evolving.livejournal.com]

I should mention that I found this link on Fark.com, so there will be a lot of Farkers posting in there.

[unseeliequeen.livejournal.com]

Sounds like these kids ARE stupid. Even the crappiest, most over-crowded public school will teach you basic life lessons (such as tsps = teaspoon and the fact that there is a bag in a vacuum). I am flabbergasted and can't think of something clever to say. Way to go, modern parenting. Way. To. Go.

[thegreyeminence.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good idea to me. Knowledge doesn't magically pop into your brain — it has to come from somewhere. A book is as good a source as any.

Of course, the problem with the truly ignorant is they don't read books. But at least some might be willing to learn from this.

[holly-evolving.livejournal.com]

I think there are a fair number of intelligent people out there who lack certain basic skills. My roommate is a very smart man with a very good job, and he can do a lot of things with computers that I can't. I still had to teach him how to use a laundromat the other day, and he can't shop for groceries without me. He's still not going to get scurvy, though. He does eat fruit.

[thegreyeminence.livejournal.com]

I had the laundromat in mind when I wrote that. I didn't learn how to do my own laundry until I moved into the dorms at college. They actually hosted a short class during welcome week to teach us. At least I wasn't the only one.