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Originally Posted by August
Not just grades. Literacy rates will work too.
200 years ago the illiteracy rate in this country was 20%, 100 years ago 10%, presently it's less than 5%. Now those are facts.
Like I said originally: "I've heard this said often enough but i've never seen any study that proves this is actually the case." What you and others have posted so far in response appears to consist mainly of feelings and personal beliefs which, while interesting are not really compelling arguments.
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Last time I read about it, illiteracy rate in many Western nations, including Germany (not sure but I think US as well), were increasing.
My info on school notes and school skills, comes not only from the news about employers complaining about falling standards of school graduates, and statistics, but from several teachers I happen to know in my circle of friends.