Originally Posted by
alwayslearning
And they reproduce!
When I was in school to become a teacher, my prof once said that if we teach the women (in more modern terms we would probably say the childcare giver) to read or do math (etc.), we will also be teaching all her/his children to read/do math/etc.
In short, I think there is a responsibility to instill learning in our youth early and to instill the desire to share that which was learned. There is a huge gap shown in this thread that is eventually going to hurt the individuals and the future of the good old USA.