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		frossie on Feb 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: American Kids Aren't Getting Dumber; They Were Jus... I think the angst is not so much because of a perceived temporal decline; rather because of an unstated expectation that the U.S. should be first. This is possibly aggravated by the fact that nobody knows for sure why the test scores are low, but everyone can have a theory.

Qz on Feb 13, 2011 [–]

Unstated? Maybe you don't watch the news enough to see how much time politicians devote to proclaiming America the greatest nation on earth in every possible respect...

Semiapies on Feb 13, 2011 | [–]

Unstated by the people saying it in this context.

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