re: Is education in this country really all that bad?

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Technicalities aside, I think in the profile of folks who tend to be harbor these sorts of attitudes...those kind of blanket negative statements are probably pretty high on the list of indicators. You might also find yourself a little less amused by these semantic differences if you were one of the groups routinely admonished on here in such general and unsupported terms.

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Yet I might also arrive at the all-too-relevant conclusion that you cannot regulate human nature through sentimental concerns. People WILL BE "truthful and accountable," especially if there are high stakes involved.

If I were one of those groups, I have no doubt that my "feelings" might be hurt . . . a lot . . . however, I would also realize that sentiment is often the enemy of truth and that my group and culture are indeed culpable and even complicit in certain socio-cultural issues like education.