[Arthur McGowan]

When you get people from all over the country at one location, such as a convention, you will discover that everyone knows that the public schools all over the country are just terrible, "except in my town."

[Clara Lou]

When you get people from all over the country at one location, such as a convention, you will discover that everyone knows that the public schools all over the country are just terrible, "except in my town."
Arthur, did you read what I said??? Please read my post again. I'll tell you what I have noticed-- people from one city or state or part of the US think that all schools across the US are like the ones in their area. (We do not, for instance, have teachers' unions here in Texas. Teachers cannot strike here.) Texas is not Massachusetts. We have our difficulties, but Hillary's Village won't fly here.

[Maelstrom]

"My town" isn't quite so far down the path as the school listed here, but it's quite a bit farther down the path from the public schools I visited in North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Thus, your over-generalization is incorrect.