Thanks for your input...appreciate it.
Rather sad commentary on those that we entrust our children to. Too many parents allow the schools too much influence on their children's moral foundations.
For too many parents, it is easier to abrogate their parental responsibilities rather than give the time their children need.
The school system is not interested in results, only in meeting ever-decreasing minimum standards for "all children" (translation: if your kid is above average, get him out of there -- they will drag him down). The objective seems to be to achieve egalitarianism by crippling those who want to learn