When I was in first grade the teacher said, "You're slow as molasses in January."
When I got that job with Illinois State Highways, I showed that I was not slow at all. Matter of fact, I gave them the best years of my life and my health on top of it. Too many back injuries. We made a fortune in winter time working nights and weekends, but the with holdings killed us. :-/
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
You can thank the Teacher’s Unions, and the Department Of Education. You can thank 70 years of communist indoctrination and the willful destruction of the critical thinking of the average American. You can thank the media and television for destroying any and all creativity or the ability to pay attention to anything for more than 11 minutes.
"Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist