I went to the highest rated school system in my state. While that meant we got some damn good funding, it also meant the touchy-feelies were in charge much of the time. People who failed weren't seen as people who failed, but as pet projects for educators, while people who were frustrated with the slow pace were told to slow the fuck down and stop making everybody else feel bad about how stupid they were.

We're now stuck in a permanent rut of allowing the touchy-feelies to make important education decisions. Cut those bastards out of the decision making process and let them do what they do best, coddle the people who can't cut it. Some people are gonna suck at school. You don't need to lower the bar to make them feel better, you need to accept that it's gonna happen and that life blows. Otherwise we're gonna be a nation of morons created by our need to make everybody shiny-happy feel good.

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