Reply #29: You might benefit from visiting

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a few American public schools before condemning all. As you noted, I have been teaching "a long time" in the PS system. I have never had to stand for the Lord's Prayer. I did have to go to mass every day as a Catholic school student. I suppose you would prefer tax payer dollars go there and to other religious schools?

Recently I attended a banquet honoring high school seniors who had maintained a 4.0 GPA for their first three years of high school. Each student invited a teacher who had inspired them. I was a guest of a former fourth grade student. She is from a working class family who values education. She plans to be a doctor. Over 160 students were honored at this event; some from single parent homes, some who had recently immigrated to America, one a young man with Downs Syndrome who had earned all A's in his Special Education program. As the students were introduced, their achievements and goals were listed on a big screen. I was impressed by a young lady who was president of the student gay-straight alliance. She listed her career goal as "media activist". This was applauded at a public school function.

I am not blind to the fact that the public school system has flaws, but I believe it can be fixed. Perhaps you should open your eyes to the good schools do.