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New comment by win2k in "Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics"

win2k — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:31:03 +0000

Shows a lot of people haven't read the article and just made assumptions based on the headline.

New comment by win2k in "Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics"

win2k — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:27:55 +0000

Oh. Racism.

I'm so relieved I left social media. Sadly, via democracy, even if you leave social media you are still impacted by those who use it and believe what they read.

New comment by win2k in "Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics"

win2k — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:05:19 +0000

Can you explain for the non-terminally online?

New comment by win2k in "Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics"

win2k — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:03:49 +0000

Screen time and social media definitely have an impact on attention spans, but it's worth pointing out for Mathematics, 2023's average is higher than pre-1990, and reading averages seem to have always been in the 255-265 range.

New comment by win2k in "Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux"

win2k — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:35:58 +0000

Yeah, you'd think from this that it is running Linux on Windows 9x.