The Oracle Reports: Edjukashun In America

Our skools are pooping out students who are so illiterate they couldn't spell "dumbass" even if they were looking at one in the mirror. Now, the brilliant minds in Washington have come together to forge a deal on the debt ceiling that includes massive cuts to edjukashun over the next ten years. Cuts to education (yes, that is the correct spelling), you gasp?

Can this country really afford to cut education funding and remain a world leader?

The United States was once the world leader in secondary education, according to the rankings of an international organization. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development places the United States 18th among the 36 industrialized nations examined. We are now ranked as merely average.

What are we going to be like in ten years? 

We are already looking pretty stupid.

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