Education, this is one of my pet peeves, just how is it possible to have a child in your care for 12 years and not manage to teach that child to read and write. I am in a position to see first hand the product of the modern education system, for a great many kids are sent out into the world functionally illiterate. They can read at a primary level and can sign their names, but much beyond that they can not function at any level that requires some assimilation of ideas from the written word. I believe that teachers, and to a lesser extent parents have failed the children. It is my belief that far more accountability is needed to totally reorganize and make accountable teachers and parents for the outcomes of the children’s education.

We in the western nations are in a position that requires us to be better educated not worse. To maintain our leadership into this century we need a great many imaginative, skilled and educated people.

Every time some brave politico tries to insert some level of accountability it seem that the educators shout from the rooftops about it, it is time for all those responsible for education to bite the bullet and take the bull by the horns and start earning their money, the same money that they have been taking under false pretenses for years.