“I got an A in Me Studies!”
For the first time in 100 years, Americans’ average IQs are down–according to a study by Northwestern University and the University of Oregon (https://campusreform.org/article?id=21483).
Holy moly! People are getting dumber? How can that be? I mean, WTH, ours is the costliest and most intrusive “public education” system the world has ever known!
The overall decrease, the study says, is highest for–want to take a guess? Go ahead, give it a try–18 to 22-year-olds. Experts blame it on “the quality of education” offered at the schools and “grade inflation.” Well, gee, if you’re throwing A’s around like confetti…
Sure looks like “higher education” isn’t doing the job we’re paying for, though.
Average IQ–until now–had been consistently increasing since the 1930s. And now it’s slumping.
Honk if you’re in the least little bit surprised.
Couldn’t have anything to do with the young people being kept out of school for a couple of years — losing not only instructional time but also study habits and social interaction skills in the process — and forced to breathe their own CO2 in masks when they got back … could it?
I didn’t see that factor mentioned in the study. We would hope they took it into account. Hope, but not expect.
I’m not at all surprised.