jo4hn wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
Douglas Johnson wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote:

The schools are a miserable experience that produce mediocre
results. The argument that they are better than nothing doesn't
wash. What did you personally learn in the public schools school
other than to read and write and do sums that was of any real
value
in later life?
[snip]

It taught me how to characterize a problem and to employ logical
thought processes in formulating a solution.

Lucky you. The only kind of "problem" we were required to
"characterize" was "what's going to be on the test".

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