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To remove any doubt, I am genuinely disappointed that a journalist in a national broadsheet can get it so wrong without even a whimper from the readers.
The system is indeed broken, and I feel sorry for the educators struggling within it. A recent Australian Academy of Science survey only showed it to be getting worse.... to quote one of the findings...
"However, (basic science) knowledge levels amongst young people have dropped more than other groups over the last 3 years
► For example, there was a 12% reduction in the proportion of 18-24 year-olds who know the earth orbits the sun in a year (down to 62%)"
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