On May 7, 7:06=A0pm, Eric Haddix <REMOVE-CAPSburnFOR...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jack Poulter wrote:
> > Here's a delightful little story from our friends in Florida.
> >http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=3D79533
> > We are living in the 21st century, aren't we?
>
> Yeah, that is the craziest thing I'd read in a while. Like they mention
> there is no course he can take to get this corrected because they
> consider substitute teachers to be "at will" employees so they could
> fire him for any reason and never have to show cause.
>
> I suspect this won't get any better as time goes on because while the
> smart people know it's good to reduce the population, only the smart
> people are doing it, if you get my drift.
"The Marching Morons" by Cyril Kornbluth. He used this idea in a
couple of stories. However, as Asimov pointed out, there's no real
evidence that intelligence is genetic.
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