[Towertalk] Dayton declining...

[Jim Reid]

> Wonder if it could be partly because 60% of today's public school 8th
> graders can only read and do math at the 5th grade level when they enter
> high school. Following the K7LXC prime directive is pretty difficult if
you
> can't read the manufacturer's instructions, compute guy wire angles, or
> figure out how many cubic yards of concrete to order.

Yes,  because they do NOT want to know how to do those things!!
That is the problem.  They just are not interested.  As Tom says,
it is a cultural change.  Have you listened carefully to the words
of the music the young people are mesmerized by?

73,  Jim  KH7M