The same reason he can’t read.
Johnny lives in a culture in which learning for leaning’s sake, knowing for knowing’s sake, understanding for understanding’s sake, has little intrinsic value. Johnny lives in a culture in which a majority of parents do not read to their children, do not take them on exploratory excursions, and do not discuss the issues of the day with them at the dinner table. Johnny lives in a culture in which the average child spends over six hours a day texting, Facebooking, cellphoning, apping, and instant-messaging. Johnny lives in a culture in which most major-league baseball pitchers make more money per pitch than most teachers make in an entire school year. Johnny lives in a culture in which creationism is believed by 62% of the adult population to be an appropriate topic of study in a public high school. Johnny lives in a culture in which any student who openly shows a passion for learning risks being bullied unto the brink.
Bottom Line: Johnny lives in a culture in which no one under 60 has any idea who Frank Baum is.
Frank Baum wrote the "Wizard of Oz" which, other than the delightful children's tale, was a political allegory on the value of Gold (and Silver) as the only true money mentioned in the US Constitution.
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