I saw it among our recruits in the Army, in the late 70's our technical manuals took on the new look format which was basically a text step and a picture/drawing that showed the action to be taken, along with the lowering of intelligence scores (GT) for highly technical jobs. At the same time in the public schools a D became a passing grade, it was a failure in my day. In the business world (high tech is mine) I see recent college grads that do not really understand their field yet they have that diploma. Today we have even stopped teaching cursive writing, really, how do they sign their name, with an X? We learned that lowering the standard was far easier than doing the work of lifting people up to the standard. It is one thing I blame as a cause for the state of many of our Black Brothers and Sisters, when it became of politically convenient to act as if the situation was improving while all along it was getting worse, all of us lost. We kick the can down the road with the best of them, but the Future of this Nation is with our young and if we do not resolve the issue, and real soon, there will be no future. Simply as that.
My Rant of the Week.