# What if the US had a good education system would this lead to a more scrutinize governance **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106 "2014-09-21T20:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/61 "2014-09-23T06:20:30Z")
[Moderating] **malghe** , we ask that posters here respect copyright laws, which means attributing quotes, as well as not quoting extensively from one source. Since your reply to **Chessic Sense** consisted of nothing but an unsourced quote from Wikipedia, I’ve deleted it. Please do not do that again. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/62 "2014-09-23T11:46:26Z")
But if you delete his posts then his contributions here can appear to be disjointed and misunderstood!!! Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/63 "2014-09-23T13:36:03Z")
In that entire clusterfuck of a ramble I just gotta tell you my favorite parts … > [@malghe](#): > > Well sorry Bubba but slamming Israel doesn’t equate to slamming the Jews. > One is a country the others members of a religion. Oh my goodness. That never occurred to me. Is the country secretly run by Christians? > [@](#): > > I would like to call myself a liberal democrat… Go ahead, but I think you’re going to piss off the other liberal democrats by doing so. > [@](#): > > I will not pretend to hold the truth on any topics… Well, we got that cleared up pretty fast. > [@](#): > > And sorry I am atheist > [@](#): > > Was Saddam a religious Muslim fanatic no he was fascist for god sake… um, What? > [@](#): > > Now you are going to say: You are bashing Christians and Muslims alike. Honest. It never occurred to me that I would say that. > [@](#): > > What? Do I shock you? Nope > [@](#): > > This is what debating is on this side of the Atlantic not being scared of being accused of slamming Jews, Muslims or Christians; I’m pretty sure that the Atlantic holds no barrier on any of those things. > [@](#): > > This is freedom of speech without spellchecker or punctuation. Hey, let me try that too. malghe are you unable to eat diarrhea? You are a gnat among men ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/64 "2014-09-23T13:49:22Z")
Yes! Let’s stand up to the tyranny of spellcheckers and punctuation! For too long, they’ve held us down, with their unreasonable demands and expectations for making the written word comprehensible!! While we’re at it, I declare myself free of the shackles of fact checking, accuracy, and logic as well! Do you hear me, world?!! I AM A PURPLE FUZZ ASTRONAUT OF BABYLON SPICE MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY!!! ---
**Author:** ![malghe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@malghe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malghe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/65 "2014-09-23T18:44:19Z")
wickepedia and it is quoted ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/66 "2014-09-23T19:01:31Z")
> [@malghe](#): > > wickepedia and it is quoted \*“Use quotation marks [“ ”] to set off material that represents quoted or spoken language.” \* From this [page.](http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm) That’s how we quote around these parts. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/67 "2014-09-23T19:17:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Or _is it?!_ > > “Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.” No, no, no, you got it all wrong and you’re going to get people killed. Knowledge is power. Power is energy. Energy equals mass. So don’t even go \*near \*schools - they’re black holes. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/68 "2014-09-23T19:18:59Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > No, no, no, you got it all wrong and you’re going to get people killed. > Knowledge is power. Power is energy. Energy equals mass. So don’t even go \*near \*schools - they’re black holes. Racist. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/69 "2014-09-23T19:21:00Z")
> [@andros](#): > > And even medieval European mechanized astronomical clocks predate the Qing Dynasty. By centuries. > . Yeah, but come on. There’s a difference between a mechanized clock and a computer. You can’t do basic sums or run _Call of Duty_ on no fucking clock. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/70 "2014-09-23T19:21:58Z")
If Knowledge is Power, **malghe** operates on picowatts. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/71 "2014-09-24T00:34:06Z")
What if the UK had a good education system; would this lead to a more intelligible **malghe**? (Mind you, from the “thoughts” that I can discern, it would probably not matter much.) ---
**Author:** ![Itself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/72 "2014-09-24T09:56:45Z")
The OP raises an interesting point: What _if_ the US had a good education system would this lead to a more scrutinize governance and really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like our education like such as in South Africa and the Irak every like such as they should our education over here in the US should help the US help South Africa and the Irak and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children? a ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/73 "2014-09-24T10:31:35Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > While we’re at it, I declare myself free of the shackles of fact checking, accuracy, and logic as well! Do you hear me, world?!! I AM A PURPLE FUZZ ASTRONAUT OF BABYLON SPICE MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY!!! Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Monkey monkey monkey. a ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/74 "2014-09-24T17:28:39Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.” > [@Kobal2](#): > > No, no, no, you got it all wrong and you’re going to get people killed. > Knowledge is power. Power is energy. Energy equals mass. So don’t even go \*near \*schools - they’re black holes. [“Then what is time again?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Moh7DXMk8g) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106/75 "2014-09-24T23:47:30Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > In that entire clusterfuck of a ramble I just gotta tell you my favorite parts … I can’t get by the simple beauty of this line: > [@malghe](#): > > If america had a better educative system. It just sings. I have learned so much from the OP. It’s the best educative I’ve had since finding out from Karen Washington that if people throw trash into a vacant lot, that’s “environmental racism”. a [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-us-had-a-good-education-system-would-this-lead-to-a-more-scrutinize-governance/699106.md?page=3)