[toenail]

FR ought to have a top ten thread list for various topics. This has undoubtedly been posted before, but it is an excellent essay.

[monkeyshine]

Bump for later reading. Public school IS a nightmare. I went to public school and got paroled in 1988. I drove by my old High School recently, they have completely fenced it in with 10 ft fencing -- I swear it looks like a prison.

When I was there they used to chain the doors shut so that kids couldn't cut class. Some bright kids in our class called the fire department and told them it was endangering our lives. The fire dept came and cut the chains, much to the chagrin of the administration (and to much cheering from the students!).

Oh the stories I could tell you about my high school.