It's bad. Really, really bad.

I came across this Reddit thread today and hoo boy let me tell you, I'm not sure I ever thought America would be on the brink of a new Dark Age in my lifetime, but there are high school seniors running around without a functional understanding that 2+2=4, let alone a passing knowledge of Pythagorean's Theorem, Newton's Three Laws, John Milton's Paradise Lost, or Aristotelian Logic.

Here was the random Twitter user who shared some gems from this crazy, crazy thread:

I'm gonna post screenshots here. Keep a box of tissues handy. You're gonna need them as you weep for America (unless you're a ChiCom, then it'll be tears of joy!).

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A lot of the teachers said that the "everyone-gets-a-trophy" mentality of school policy these days is to blame, in addition to lackadaisical parents and smartphones.

Because we have this mentality that everyone has to go to college – and then pile "equity" policies on top of that – we've cheapened American education from its Christian roots, which meant to train individuals to be smart, productive, moral members of society that could hold their leaders to account in both strength and wit.

Instead, now we're just handing out pieces of paper that mean absolutely nothing except "congrats on living 18 years," and we're carrying that mentality into college.

Even making it to 18 isn't an accomplishment without knowledge and wisdom. As Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero said, "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."

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