Dumbing Down
June 10th, 2007Interesting quote from this well written article, discussing both sides of the issue:
“Bill Otto, a health care consultant, says he thinks it’s part of the “dumbing down of our system.”
“What’s next? Where does it stop?” he asks. “The public library is trying to be all things to all people — but maybe that’s wrong. We just keep adjusting the standards and lowering them.”
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June 10th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
[...] schools because of what might happen. More recently is the suggestion that the internet is “dumbing down” society and we’re now set to live in mediocracy, this according to Andrew [...]
June 12th, 2007 at 7:39 am
The (Raleigh) News & Observer considers the same topic today: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/600761.html