[IYAS9YAS]

Yikes...a lot of truth in those words. No lambasting from me.

[Treebeard]

A friend's daughter dropped off some stuff at our house the other day. She's a senior this year, leader of her ROTC group, etc. This is a "small town" high school bordering on the suburban area of Oklahoma City.

After figuring out that 18 year olds convey meaning with phrases such as "And I was like!", "Dude!", and "as IF!", I asked her if it was as bad as "everyone" says it is.

As the father of two daughters, aged 10 and 8, her reply hit me hard. "Dude, there are students rolling joints in class. The gay kids are kissing and playing grab-ass in the hallways, in plain sight of the teachers. The girls bathroom is full of HS girls smoking pot or barfing up their lunches to keep their weight down. Two of my friends are 18 and already have $5000 on their credit cards."

She told me they had a substitute teacher the other day and one of the "severely emotionally disturbed" children (read psychopath) they've had to mainstream into regular classes told her "I'm gonna cut that smile right off your pretty face."

This isn't paved over Metropolis, either. Some of these kids live where wheat grows right up to the road.

[lakey]

Excellent post - thanks!

[fishbabe]

wow!!!!! be careful,the moms are going to find you and squish you like a bug..after all,all those fat asses can do a lot of damage...watch your back!!!!

[umgud]

Right on the money!

[xzins]

Wow~!

The truth hurts.

[pabianice]

The Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA (he's an oconnor) has failed Teachers' Basic Literacy twice. One more fail and he's supposed to be history, but I am sure The Boston Globe can save him...

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[Malesherbes]

I'm constantly amazed at how fat kids are (parents too). I can't imagine how they can get close enough to have sex.

[Maria S]

Great post! And who do we thank for all of these healthy, well-educated kids? How about starting with the NEA? These kids are just coming from parents who were probably raised more or less the same way. And those parents will probably sue anyone who dares try to correct or discipline their overweight brats. Then pretty soon, THOSE overweight, undereducated brats will be breeding and producing more just like them. One last cheery note: Those same kids will soon be listening to liberal drivel, buying all of the propaganda...and VOTING!!

[gorush]

I think I'll e-mail Mr. Cantoni and express my admiration of his writing skills. Wow!

[Argh]

Interesting article. There sure seem to be a lot of fat asses in PA!

[CyberAnt]

This is what the LIBERALS have wrought against our children.

If this is "for the children" - it's pure poison!!

[edchambers]

Would somebody like to explain to me how we have managed to become the most powerfull economic and military force the world has ever known with the worlds worst educational system?!Either education is nearly irrelevant or maybe our school system isn't that bad after all.Maybe the problems in our schools are over reported so the teachers unions can continue to demand more of my hard earned tax dollers.

[quietolong]

bingo!