[Wayne Maybury]

Ron

In my opinion there has always been a relatively small percentage of the population that is stupid and/or lazy as well as a a relatively small percentage that is brilliant. The majority falls somewhere in between.

Historically those members of the majority that didn't work hard, fell behind while those that did work hard or were lucky, moved ahead. It seems that over the past 20 or 30 years, there has been a trend whereby everyone is supposed to succeed (to some extent) no matter how little effort they make. This seems to just be one more step in dumbing down the educational system.

Many years ago welfare was restricted to those unfortunate people that really needed help. Today it is a right that is handed down from one generation to the next. Many youngsters that grow up in a welfare environment just put in their time at school waiting until they are old enough to begin to get their own handouts. They tend to look at education as an annoyance since they don't need to be educated to collect welfare. It must be really difficult to be a teacher these days and it must also be difficult to be a young person wanting to get a quality education since many of their class mates don't give a damn.

Wayne