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Comment: Right, “all those uneducated people” is a blind spot BY DESIGN. In 1997, I was one of the locked out teachers walking the street on a province-wide strike against the coming reforms in education that were designed to deliberately dumb down the nation. This was happening since the 1980s in the US and was later implemented in Canada in 1998. By the end of 2007/2008 school year, good Canadian textbooks were replaced with confusing and ineffective textbooks that sabotaged basic skills, learning with understanding, independent critical thinking, and problem solving skills. New curriculums and new reporting was successfully installed and the boards began to eliminate teachers who stood in opposition to these changes. I was one of them, so I know what I am talking about. After 2006, we witnessed unprecedented harassment of teachers who publicly criticized criminal invasion of Lebanon by Israel. This was done by the same boards and principals who were leading the implementation of the reforms. Back to the reforms: I remember thinking, “What will happen when all these dumbed down students grow up, go to work, and are promoted (God forbid) to management positions?” We are at this point today. Incompetence everywhere. And corruption that comes with it, to hide the lack of competence. Conformism and opportunism lead the way in the promotion process. Until retirement, unfortunately. We are stuck! My opinion.