D'oh!
" I have "no dog in this fight," but it does seem to me that folks are intent on destroying, dismantling and otherwise creating a fair amount of havoc in the public ed arena...public education is probably more or less doomed because of this -- so it's no big deal. However, it is somewhat sad to witness. "
My pups are all out save one, and it's already waaaay too late for them to ruin her future. As has already been said, they can rant and rave and screw up their own kids all they want, but in the end, it's the person with the solid education that is going to compete in the marketplace. My kids are simply going to be more competitive and have better choices in life because they have a reality based , fact based, solid education, not a faith based one. Darwinism in action.
One poster spoke of "disestablishing the public education system" or some such.
At least he was honest about the real motive for all of this.
Their system is failing to produce enough converts to sustain itself, so they attempt to decimate the competing system, which does reach those minds. People need to know that their children have become targets, objects to be aquired, and should behave accordingly.
I already see it happening here in NYC. You meet someone who works at a high level in science, say chemistry, and he feels more of a connection/kinship to some chemist in sweden than the waitress in Idaho. When you point out that she's an American and the Swedish guy isn't, he'll say, "why do you think I left Ohio?"