Comments on: Presque vu LXIV http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxiv/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Shawn http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxiv/#comment-109763 Shawn Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:40:07 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1253#comment-109763 The first story serves as a nice example of the consequences of the last story, don't you think? Actually, both stories show the general contempt for education that is sadly common among large swathes of the American public. As for the first story, I don't know what's worse: that the woman thought Europe was a country or that the host couldn't even correctly pronounce an answer that was printed on a card in his hand (hun-ga-ry). Then again, the host is best known for his "You might be a redneck if..." stand up comedy routine, so expecting him to correctly pronounce relatively common dictionary words might be too much to ask. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Shawn. I didn't make the connection between the two stories. I just knew that something was terribly wrong. But I like synchronicity. Thanks for pointing it out. The first story serves as a nice example of the consequences of the last story, don’t you think? Actually, both stories show the general contempt for education that is sadly common among large swathes of the American public.

As for the first story, I don’t know what’s worse: that the woman thought Europe was a country or that the host couldn’t even correctly pronounce an answer that was printed on a card in his hand (hun-ga-ry). Then again, the host is best known for his “You might be a redneck if…” stand up comedy routine, so expecting him to correctly pronounce relatively common dictionary words might be too much to ask.

jb says: Hi Shawn. I didn’t make the connection between the two stories. I just knew that something was terribly wrong. But I like synchronicity. Thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: Dick http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxiv/#comment-109761 Dick Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:21:20 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1253#comment-109761 Re. the good and brave teacher - proof positive (as if it were needed) that entire areas of the United States are under the control of autistic 13-year-olds. <strong>jb says</strong>: I didn't know this, Dick. There must be a news blackout. Bring back Woodward and Bernstein; somebody needs to get to the bottom of this. Re. the good and brave teacher - proof positive (as if it were needed) that entire areas of the United States are under the control of autistic 13-year-olds.

jb says: I didn’t know this, Dick. There must be a news blackout. Bring back Woodward and Bernstein; somebody needs to get to the bottom of this.

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