I'm not against education, I'm against the teachers' unions. During my schooling years, I was fortunate to have had some very good teachers. There was one guy, though, who was a total creep and pervert, and furthermore treated his classroom as a nursery class. No work, nothing. BUT he had tenure. The parents fought this guy for YEARS. Also, when I student taught, my lead teacher would spend her class times reading novels (to herself) and writing personal letters. I quit the teaching raquet.