"The great historian David McCullough recently warned that we are raising generation after generation of young Americans, who are historically illiterate and that consequently we are running a terrible risk for this country. "You could have amnesia of a society, which is as detrimental as amnesia of an individual," McCullough opined."
... also,
Commenting on President Bush's inaugural address lightning bolt that "it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements . . . with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world," Bennett says it's a matter of priorities.
"This is fine, but let's get this war on terror completed, done, finished," he instructs. "It is the first, second and third order of business. Then we can build democracies."
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Words from two very smart men. McCullough, the historian reminds me of something very paradoxical. During the founding fathers time, fewer men received advanced formal education but what an education it was. By their early teens, the fortunate few were fluently in several languages including Greek, knew the ancient philosphers, were highly trained in mathematics. It seems to me, that as education was carried to the masses, the quality has plummetted. That's to be expected but geez, radio and tv shows the depths with their "man on the street" segments. It's bad.
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