[justshutupandtakeit]

"It seems many students are NOT learning much "math, languages, grammar, history, science or any other subject which has any substance to it" in the Public Schools....." It seems you are completely wrong.

Perhaps you should examine the curriculums at good schools before revealing your lack of knowledge.

95%+ of our Armed Forces are public school graduates. Public education is partially responsible for this being one of the most literate, most productive societies in history.

[goodnesswins]

I purposely did NOT say ALL..... many are falling between the dumbed down cracks of our public education system where in many schools they don't teach advanced math, true history, or require proper English....and I think you know that.....

[TalonDJ]

95%+ of our Armed Forces are public school graduates.

Gee, do you think that might be because more than 95% of everyone in the US was public educated. That is a meaningless statistic. Yeah public schools are not totally worthless, or they did not use to be... there is a huge difference in the quality of what they teach now from what there was 20, 40, or 60 years ago. The decline has been a steady trend.