The public schools have been burnt toast for years—most teachers are brain dead.
My favorite example was a high school graduation of one of my wife’s nieces.
The ceremony was conducted to a full auditorium—hundreds of spectators—parents and other relatives.
One of the teachers introduces the class valedictorian and indicates that the student had written the speech all by herself.
The student started the speech:
“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;”
etc etc etc....
I did a face palm to my wife and she started laughing and said “don’t say anything, please”....
Lol.
The gods were not amused that she was heading for the copybook.