Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ubc-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!sask!alberta!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!acton From: acton@ubc-cs.UUCP (Donald Acton) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Public Awareness Message-ID: <905@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 23:11:40 EST Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.905 Posted: Thu Dec 20 23:11:40 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 06:44:45 EST References: <178@water.UUCP> Reply-To: acton@ubc-cs.UUCP (Donald Acton) Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 17 Summary: In article <178@water.UUCP> jbtubman@water.UUCP writes: > >I see no reason to believe that Manitobans, or even community college >students, are any less intelligent or informed than the average person. >This has interesting (and perhaps disturbing) implications for those who >advocate that political or moral or economic questions should be decided on >the basis of polls. > I think that these results should also raise questions about the adequacy of our public school systems. Perhaps we need to reevaluate what is being taught in our school systems to make sure that tomorrow's adults have the tools needed to make decisions about the manner in which we are to be governed. Donald Acton