[Sca-cooks] Jonathan Swift was an Optimist

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    Weep? You'd better start sobbing hysterically. I have a copy of an 8th
grade final exam from 1895 that I'll be willing to bet that VERY few people
on this list could pass. And on the whole, I'd also be willing to bet that
as a group, we're a LOT better educated than the mooing masses being granted
high school or even college "diplomas". If you like, I'll post it for your
enjoyment. Then consider what an "8th grade education" meant then as opposed
to now.

    Sieggy

----- Original Message -----

> Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
> > Margaret said:
> > > Stefan has been reading Jonathan Swift again, methinks. ;-)
> >
> > Uh, no. Never heard of him, except perhaps on this list.
>
> I weep for the state of modern education.  18th Century author, best known
> for GULLIVER'S TRAVELS.  "A Modest Proposal" has already been explained.
> Anthropophagal humor, and I'm proud of our listmates for pointedly
avoiding
> any politically incorrect implications of the abbreviation "coon".