[Renegade]

I understand this fully . Imagime myself , a teacher for 35 years , a conservative , and an N.R.A. member ( with the sticker on my classroom door ) and driving an off road 4x4 with a picture on the slide window of a soldier wih a rifle . The saying " Inspections are working NOW!!. My most used quote is that " I am surrounded by idiots " My wife says I can't retire because I'll have nobody to pi$$ off .

[FLAMING DEATH]

I know what you mean. But, some people where I work are coming around. When I used to preach privatization, a lot of them scoffed and said it would never work. I'm hearing a lot more about it now, almost always because there are kids that we can't exclude, even when their behavior is extremely disrespectful or even violent.

Some teachers are still really limited in their thinking...when I suggested to one that our salaries would increase if schools were privatized, she said, "Well, on average, private school teachers earn less than public school teachers".

To which I replied, "Of course...why pay for what you now get for free?"

Mandatory education is one of the worst things that ever happened to this country...the law now protects the troublemakers and scofflaws.

I've often said that the whole thing is going to have to collapse on itself before anything will get any better. I honestly believe that we're getting close to that day.

[rwfromkansas]

lol.

I plan on shocking my colleagues a bit when I first get out there as well with some great conservative posters etc. But, I better not get too crazy till I hit tenure.