Although inspired, I Didn’t Write About…

During research, I came across the fact that the United States of America has slipped to a wiggly eight when it came to being rated as an ‘educated’ nation.

I was inspired to write a long and intricate article as to how the ratings were made, the nations which came from one to seven, the others who were poised to pass the United States.

It was a lot to information, and I almost made the mistake of publishing it here.  I almost did, but recalling my slap downs for “plagiarism”  I didn’t.

I didn’t because there is no way to post; (and I’m totally inventing here to avoid quoting and being slapped down)

“In Atlantis, all children attend a ‘play school’ from the age of three until six in which they are exposed to various ideas.  They visit the zoo on ten occasions and learn about the various animals, from the dragons to unicorns, their habitats and behaviours.  They are taken to the museums and shown many historical exhibits. They go to the planetarium, learn about astronomy.  They are taken on weekend trips to the forests, beaches,  lakes and hills.  This exposure is kept ‘fun’  and is more to pique the interest as these trips are repeated during the next ten years, each time becoming more scholastic, until at the age of fourteen, their knowledge ranges from astronomy to geology, from biology to physics.”

Now there is no way, (imagining that this was an actual quote from Atlantis… which is an imaginary country) that I could change such information substantially to the effect that a plagiarism checker would not flag me.

So I did not post an item about how Singapore, for example, exceeds the United States, for there is no way I can do it without raising the flag.

If I tried to paraphrase, it would either be vague; “Children go to a pre school from three to five where they are taken on many trips to many places to be exposed to many things,”   or dumbed down;  “On weekends the children go to lots of different places to show them different aspects.”

So, it is better I leave it as is/where is.

Having been slapped down for my article about Brasil, and the vast sums they lost on the World Cup and Olympics, and then on my article about Polio, I have become very timid in expressing too many facts and writing items that can be quoted.

Hence, I will say simply that my statement that education in the United States has been dumbed down can be proven, and if one is interested, do on line searches.