DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Similarly, I paid for something with a $10 once and the cashier punched in $20. She had to call over the manager to figure out what to do.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I’ve that happen a couple times and my comment has been, “that’s your problem, not mine, learn and remember." We’re too quick to let people off that the hook.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

i remember my first day on high school chemistry class. After the introductions the teacher told us that he needed to be able to teach us properly based upon what we currently know. He told us he was giving us a test of questions and activities. The instructions for the test were clear. Read all instructions in 3 minutes. Now, begin. We all plowed through the math questions, the word definitions even the activities to raise our left hand and drop our pen on the floor and pick it up. Then the teacher called the test over. All of us did not finish the test. Then the teacher asked us what was the answer to a particular question. I knew I had the answer correct. I raised my hand. Before I could impress my classmates he did the unthinkable. He announced my answer was wrong. He did this with several other students. We were all aghast. Then he read the instructions. We were all surprised to learn that we were only allowed to have read the questions not do them.
The teacher explained that this is Chemistry Class. We must follow directions. Failure to do this could cause damage to the equipment, the school and even ourselves.
From that moment on, I promised myself I would read and follow all instruction. Even a 600+ page camera manual. (I fell asleep four times)
People go head on into doing something without even reading the instructions. When you bought a new car, did you read the owner's manual? Most people didn't. Then they can't understand that shining red light on their dashboard!
When driving People are so caught up with cellphones that they don't understand the amazing technology of their turning blinkers. LOL! Technology has left all of us in its dust!

Happy Shooting!

Leo_B Loc: Houston suburb

Very sad. But lacking any intelligence or education makes them better democrat voters.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

This link? https://youtu.be/EUNZMiYo_4s
Mark

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Get used to it. It is only going to get worse until the whole system collapses.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Thanks very much my fellow Hogger.

But I have a silly question for you.
How could someone as young as you know this song?

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

Maybe he was so proper; he actually meant to say that he refused to read 'curse words'. Can't make up for a lack of education....

jaycoffman Loc: San Diego

Not sure if she's the only one but our 16 year old spiritual daughter has been writing us cursive letters for years--her handwriting is much better than mine (in fact I have to reply by typing letters as use of the keyboard and being left handed has destroyed my ability to write). She also has no trouble with change and always knows exactly what change is due her without use of a machine. I should mention that she lives in the middle of high-tech USA and is very modern in every way as well.

Consider--when we were kids there was a huge controversy about letting us use calculators (gasp) as it was thought it would destroy our ability to do arithmetic. Still we muddle on.

My theory is that kids and society manage to adapt to whatever needs arise and older people always think it's not going to work. My biggest concern is that the problems each generation leaves the next are getting bigger and I have to wonder if anyone can solve them.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks for the "age" compliment! I'm 82.
Mark

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

What has happened is that each generation becomes accustomed to having more and more done for them by others so there is less demand on their need for self sufficient skills.

A frontier family had to learn to do everything for themselves including making their shelter and even own soap. They had to teach their children these skills so that they could help the family survive. Neighbors depended on each other in collective ways so interpersonal skills were important.

In the near future there will be a division of classes, not the poor compared to the wealthy, but the unknowledgeable compared to the knowledgeable. The "unknowledgeable" class will be slaves to others that provide technology and other services for them.

This makes it not only easy but inviting for a foreign entity to take over what has degraded to a mass of confused intellectually ignorant society and they will do it all by simply flipping the power switch and wait for everyone's batteries to drain down.

I'll be long gone by then and I hope that God has mercy on their ignorant souls.

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

The dumbing down of the United States. Teachers still say they are over worked and would like to have volunteers to help them out. Nobody volunteered to helped me with my work. The education system in this country is in sad shape.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

No--she had only written her first name when he stopped her.

Popeye Loc: LifIno

For their first couple years of schooling, our grandchildren learned in kindergarten to write in cursive. They then moved and went to a public school where they were NOT allowed to use cursive, print only. Now schoolwork needs to be done on a computer before turning it in. Took youngest grandson (highschool)to the library for some research work. I went to the card file and he went to the librarian for directions on how to find books on his subject matter. I told her not to tell him. We went back to the cardfile and went through the dewy decimal system. My tax dollars at work. Makes me want to cry sometimes.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Hard to believe, ya' whipper snapper. LOL