That's true. She couldn't take the crap anymore and quit after 20 years.

https://www.usnews.com/news/be...
and 50th in student spending (50th, last place).
https://www.census.gov/newsroo...

My girlfriend is highly ranked in her district and she doesn't sit idle for 3 months/year, we usually do foreign travel.

Teachers don't get Social Security.

It was like this for me 30 years ago. I then transferred to a private school where there was zero tolerance for crap like that. Be disruptive and you could be expelled on the spot. Interestingly enough, no one was to my knowledge and our school was ranked one of the highest in the state despite being poor compared to neighboring schools with athletic fields, cafeterias, auditoriums and elective classes. All we got was English, mathematics and history and no AP classes.

I kinda like it because then I can prove that I've been writing AI software since I was eight years old.

Hello, what is your name?"

John

Hello John. How are you?

if you want to change education. School has minimal impact if the desire is not there.

I logged onto yahoo yesterday when I'd heard about N Korea and it was buried under a bunch of celebrities that I'd never heard of doing something that I did not care about. I grew up in a poorer area of town and all of my Asian friends did well (very well in fact) in school, everyone else was a mixed bag, but tended to be on the lower side of educational attainment.

Because everyone has different ideas about what a modern society should be.

I don't understand what is wrong with whois. I used to use it all of the time like 30 years ago when I was heavily into internet stuff.

Dubai and Estonia are actually leading.

It's just our 12-dimensional overlords toying with us.

Here you go. From the EEVBlog.

I have a 16 hour workweek....but then I also lead a 1960's lifestyle. It's entirely possible. On an even more positive note, a 60's lifestyle with 2020's conveniences and automation is pretty sweet.

Sounds like you'd still starve.

You are confusing skills with intelligence. Knowing a bunch of facts and being literate dos not necessarily make you intelligent.

Otto: Apes don't read philosophy.

Wanda: Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it.