Swingman wrote:

WTF is this "balking" ****?

Let me assure that many teacher's in today's educational system are not
the altruistic souls you think. Open your eyes!


I wasn't excusing it. You introduced the term "balking". I thought it
meant hesitating, but evidently it's much stronger than that (as I just
looked it up).

How many government organizations do you know that run really well?
Good instruction can be found in many private schools. Catholic schools
near Indianapolis seem to be graduating a high percentage of excellent
students. In contrast, Indianapolis Publis Schools (IPS) has a very poor
reputation. My wife is not inclined to switch to IPS even though she
would probably receive a significant pay increase.

You made the system work well for you. Maybe you should run for
superintendant? : ) Lots of things are not optimal (i.e. "messed up")
in this country...not just schools. I thought the GOP looked bad during
the debt-ceiling discussions.

Bill