Childress Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) From Jimmy Kimmel Live. American education gone bad? An advertisement for home schooling? Edited January 8, 2016 by Childress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Been there, done that, Mr. Kimmel.Here's a shout out to Rick Mercer's "Talking To Americans":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWeRnQO2suY&list=PLklpqlyNXVr9KhQdDIC0nxpfaTGezvIQw&index=5 Edited January 8, 2016 by BLSTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Those kinds of things are pretty funny. In Canada we have a spoof news show "This hour has 22 minutes" that had a segment a few years back called talking to Americans. Here is a collection of hightlights (or lowligthts) but check out number 10 the mother is fooled but the kid busts Rick Mercer. Someone way paying attention in class - he could not have been home schooled cause mom was sucked in. At our house that got the most laughs.http://www.buzzfeed.com/cylapanin/best-moments-from-rick-mercer-talking-to-amercans#.xi7X9RrVAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Hmmm, that looks like Hollywood Blvd in the background. Maybe that explains it all. And my LA school teacher friend says that her students are a dumb as rocks. They're now legally entitled to shout 'F*** you' to their teachers with no repercussions. And hers is a 'Magnet' school.Go North Korea!Last year I had dinner with her and three of her teacher colleagues. They were deploring the abortive School Choice initiative in SoCal. I can't blame them their pensions- like all gov't pensions in CA- will be ginormous, including free, no co-pay medical for life. But when asked whether they'd send their kids to a private school if they had the means every one said YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Do you think we'll ever see an episode of "Talking To (North) Koreans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Straying into politics (which never ends well on a BB), going to have to lock this. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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