Wow Denny, that was SO well stated.
BUT, I have to tell ya here that even with all that beautiful verbiage that you just typed there, the bottom line here is STILL primarily your Numero-Tres there, amigo. Uh huh, that's correct-a-mundo, alright.
Once again, until the vast majority of PARENTS in this country TEACH their kids the value of a well-rounded education, AND until the vast majority of PARENTS in this country TEACH respect for knowledge and those who possess it and wish to impart some of it upon others(namely TEACHERS), AND until the vast majority of PARENTS in this country TEACH their offspring that it IS "cool" to be "smart", and in fact it's "cooler" to be "smart" than it is to idolize some "tough guy" or some "gangster" or some "actor" or some "Jock" or some etc, etc, etc...THEN we MIGHT be able to turn this educational ship around and toward some semblance of what an educational system SHOULD be!!!
(...and I'll tell ya ONE THING here...the FIRST Politico who has the GUTS to say to the parents of this country what I just typed there will get MY vote!!!...but, fat chance of THAT ever happening, because they're ALL pretty much gutless nowdays, and on BOTH sides of the proverbial aisle, because THEY'RE just "smart" enough to know that people don't what to hear what people don't want to hear!)
