Is it as Isaac Asimov once said: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

If you do believe that we are “dumbing-down” our society is it occurring because of our educational system or is our present education system a product of our present society?

Can it be reversed? Can a society that has allowed itself to cultivate and nurture anti-intellectualism come back from the brink and once again value knowledge?