You are NOT alone. I'm with you, too. I went to Public School in the Philly Suburbs about ten years ago, and we had standards. I can't remember a soul anywhere who complained about it, let along resort to the basal labeling some on here apparently hurl at anyone who disagrees with them on here.
The folks on here are worse than the liberals about the "Religious Right". They usually call you the Taliban-wing or worse.
Your "pitiful Pearl" routine is really getting old, whining when there's no reason at all on this thread to whine.