[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by peter12

I think the village means the community more-so, not state institutions. I agree the current family unit, while being very important, is probably not the source of all good in a society.

The problem I have with schools right now is the absolute poor quality of many teachers, even the well-meaning ones are not suited, intellectually or temperamentally, to be good stewards of a child's education.

You get what you pay for.

Until teachers are paid more than a McDonald's manager the best and the brightest will continue to swing wide in order to avoid education as a vocation.