Paul and Dennis:

Sad to say, Zio's post above is typical of his other posts. Checked several, all very similar.

It's possible that he's as young as 12 or so. One of the other posts said his dad was paying all his bills. Might yet be hope, but Cleveland schools do not have a great reputation. You may have noticed all the news reports about school selection there, and the "Voucher" controversy.

Some twenty years ago I wanted to take my son out of public school, he brought a note home from his high school english teacher, not one sentence in the note was constructed correctly. This "Ebonics" speaking woman was supposed to teach students a subject in which she herself was not competent. He wanted to stay in that school, against my better judgement we let him. He turned out OK, but I think it was more the home environment than that school.

My youngest child never set foot in a public school. All private and home schooling. You wouldn't believe her SAT score. Had her choice of colleges.

And the average holder of a recent BA is far less well educated than the average high school graduate of 50 years ago.

Yes, America is being "Dumbed down," but it's been going on since Dr. Spock convinced mama that discipline was a bad thing. Or maybe even before that.

Bill.