Missouri is the Show Me State and Obama is showing up, that's for sure.

Well, we have to realize that believing Durbin will ever willingly step out of the limelight is not going to happen, but it is refreshing to read someone say what a lot of us have been thinking. Heartlander, you are correct that some of the best education takes place in a one on one enviroment. There is always common ground to be found somewhere. You weren't posting a couple months ago, but here is what happened between Apophis and me. Which is weird for someone who is a putative science teacher, in my opinion.

You are right that we must consider all options seriously. Still we must all pay to support our failing public schools, and then pay again to get our children a decent education. As for me and mine, we're sticking to what has been proven to work. You don't have to look back very far in history to see a time when only the very wealthy could afford a true education, while the rest of society was cast into manual labor roles. In the vacuum, educators themselves tried to exercise leadership, but failed. Relying less on government to provide education lets everyone get what they want.