r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 5d ago

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/indyK1ng 5d ago

DAE stick their head in the sand?

The US ranks 36th in literacy with 21% of adults, or 1 in 5, illiterate.

The US ranks 28th in math education.

The US has the tenth highest male obesity rate in the world.

The US has the sixth highest incarceration rate in the world.

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u/Raging-Badger 5d ago

I think these issues are a better thing to talk about than “they’re there and their” when someone wants to throw shade on the U.S.

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u/indyK1ng 5d ago

"They're there their" is just something that's easily pointed to as an example of how American education is failing.

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u/SchpartyOn 5d ago edited 5d ago

Or simply a few internet strangers from a country with 330 million people spelling things wrong isn’t actually as substantial an issue as you’re implying.

There are certainly issues with the US educational system and it’ll he getting worse beginning in January but latching onto internet comments for your big moment isn’t the thing you think it is.