{"id":331,"date":"2017-06-25T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrison-isi.com\/blog\/?p=331"},"modified":"2017-06-25T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T20:12:44","slug":"more-learned-pith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harrison-isi.com\/blog\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"More Learned PITH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact<br \/>\nsucceeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people<br \/>\nthoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Richard Mitchell<br \/>\n(1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian<br \/>\nSource: The Underground Grammarian<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/quotes.liberty-tree.ca\/quote_blog\/Richard.Mitchell.Quote.57D4<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Robert C. Savage<br \/>\nSource: Life Lessons<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/quotes.liberty-tree.ca\/quote_blog\/Robert.Savage.Quote.C9A3<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words &#8220;the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&#8221; It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. 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