My point is this, my "typical" colleague is, and has been, highly qualified. Using your logic, the entire teaching profession is highly qualified.
I was born and raised in NYC -- (born in the late '40s, raised in in the 1950s). I have traveled around the country, and have had the opportunity to visit and live in a variety of communities, from "way upscale", to "da pits."
It is my observation that upscale suburban schools have much better teachers than inner city urban areas and "outstate" rural areas.
I am married to a teacher, who works in a very rural area. Her IQ is in the mid-one-thirties. She is no fool.
She is, however, based on my observation, surrounded by morons. (I include both teachers and administration in that broad sweeping judgement.)
We will be homeschooling our children.
It is my observation that upscale suburban schools have much better teachers than inner city urban areas and "outstate" rural areas.
It's like any other profession. The best teachers go where they are paid the most -- unless they have some emotional attachment to the place.
So, you see the error in generalizing to an entire
profession based on isolated experiences and
opinons. Your wife, it seems, is not "typical" in
her current work environment.
That's exactly my point.