“Public education” is often jocularly misspelled “publik edukashun” to ridicule its quality. ““Another brilyunt mind diztroyed by the publik edukashun sistum” has been cited in print since at least 1994. “I souport publik edukashun” has been cited in print since at least 1999 and 2000.
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Carl R. Knecht
5/6/94
(...)
ANOTHER BRILYUNT MIND DIZTROYED
BY THE PUBLIK EDUKASHUN SISTEM
6 July 1994, Garden City (KS) Telegram, “At Random” by Dolores Hope, pg. 4, col. 1:
And “Another Brilyunt Mind Diztroyed By the Publik Edukashun Sistum.”
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AJR
9/17/99
eye soport publik edukashun.
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Dan
2/1/00
(...)
I souport publik edukashun.
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von (munkinoid) wrote,
2005-03-07 18:17:00
(...)
I souport publik edukashun.
The Conservative Wahoo
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010
The State Of Publik Edukashun
Iowa middle school language teacher (HA!) Terry Hoffman organized a group of students to protest school spending cuts.
Unpolitically Discorrect
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010
Publik Edukashun
Education reform has been a topic Congress has danced around for years now and it’s time something was actually done
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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