PA. says 600 more schools failed because of less cheating by teachers, not loss of 14,000 teachers

[Curmudgeoness]

11. You are right. I am not one of the young ones.

I also remember the first Earth Day. My parents survived the Great Depression and lived a frugal life of hard work and saving. They instilled that in us----all of my siblings and I are still living like there are hard times around the corner. Lucky for us we were raised this way, taught morality, and common sense. The only thing we didn't have is the church, but that didn't seem to matter, there was a sense of community anyways.

And I do remember Reagan and his message. I still blame that administration for the downward slide of our society. That may be too great a burden to put on that addle-brained old fart, but I can't help it. I remember "greed is good" and all the people looking up to the high rollers of Wall Street. And now Wall Street owns this country, and we are losing ground. And it will get worse if they are able to take over our schools with privatization. There are already too many special interest schools that allow children to learn only certain things and associate with only certain people.....which means they will not get to know other opinions. How do you think that will work out?

Yes, it does seem that we have been "taught to hate". I resist this, but I am to the point where I will no longer even have a discussion with a Republican....I only hear hate from them and I cannot take it. I have been called ignorant, a moron, pathetic....just because I do not have the same political opinions as they do. What will happen after more years of this festering??? It scares me.