Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 07, 2020

Portending what lay ahead for this country.

PRIVATE PARTS was a recent best-seller back then.

It’s getting harder and harder to attract kids who are prepared because there are fewer and fewer of them. Walden needs to open a new four year “prep” department.

It’s really sad but they have gotten even worse since this strip first ran.

I read the first 2 books be Howard Stern they were well written and a good reads. I’ve only given a few books and authors a grade of F. One of the worst books I read was Satanic Versus by Salmon Rushdie, I agreed with the Fatwa not for the 15 pages about the Ayatollah Khomeini but of how bad the book was.

Those students need to be able to pay their college debts so they would do well to learn Howard Stern’s business savvy.

A generation later Jon Stewart would at least make them better educated.

A 2 year tech degree would serve most better than that 4 year degree. We’ll always need people to service equipment in our homes, offices, and transportation.

Little did Trudeau know, back when he drew this arc, that we’d wind up with a semi-literate President who hates to read anything … except for rave reviews of himself.

The kid in panel 4 looks like a bigger version of Toggle.

At least they are reading.

I am starting to believe that Americans have been breeding for stupid.

I can remember reading several years ago that more than 50% of incoming college freshmen had to take remedial math and English classes before starting college classes. Pretty sure all the blame for that falls on K-12 schools