Michael wrote:
On the other hand or at least one other hand teaching got what it asked for.
Wasn't to long ago in Florida the major employers would not accept a Florida
HS diploma but required at least one year of JC minimum instead. In Oregon
we had cases where fuly 40% sometimes 45% of the student body was on the
honor role yet in many years not one graduating senior could hand write a
legible sentence explaining why they should be awarded a college level
scholarship (never more than two could pass this and many just decided not
to apply).

Why do you assume the problem is "teachers"? All sort of social
engineering has been done with public schools, none of which is dreamed
up or promoted by teachers.

Your statements suggest that you believe in getting milk by beating the
cow. Doesn't work, never has, and any gov't based on that philosophy is
doomed to fail miserably... and quickly too if the people governed over
are lucky.

DSK