O'Neill's Debate on Education
Students are not getting the Basic Knowledge needed today due to the
poor upbringing and lack of respect for the need of education.
In O'Neills editorial his reason for this was because the students as a
whole did not want their ignorance exposed. However, he forgot to include that
teachers are just as ignorant as the student. Give a teacher the same test and
see hoe much they remember about what they we taught some odd number of years
ago. It's not safe to assume that because a person can't remember who the 31st
president was, that they don't have the basics of gobble history . How many
teachers know the basics, if asked on the spot.
Lets Examine another quote from O'Neill's editorial in his opine Charie
Chaplin a classic movie star, and that because when asked about him no one know
who he was, Well , if the students didn't watch old TV shows on the late night
TV channels then how would they know of Charlie? They don't cover a class in......
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