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Originally Posted by mr2448
Thanks AlfieBoy. It was sad that classical education was changing, at least at Providence Classical, more than 50 years ago. Believe it or not many were upset that Greek was no longer mandatory for graduation and felt the value of the diploma was lessened.
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You know how much I enjoy your posts.
I have to find a quote from Churchill on this subject that is most apropos -- it comes from his six volume "
History of the Second World War," which I feel I started reading during the Crimean...
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Originally Posted by Hollytree
It's often been said that a 4 year college diploma today is often barely equal to the high school diploma of 50 years ago.
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Don't doubt it. Anyone who has read the NY Times for more that a couple of decades can pour additional salt onto that wound. I wonder why? Tee-vee, that destroyer of brain cells and extinguisher of intellectual curiosity?