Waff , I believe that Mr. Gattos qualiifications are at least as good as yours, perhaps even better.

Waff, your second sentence proves the incompentancy of our public school system. Thanks for proving that point.

Substitute the word British in the quote with United States and it would pretty well describe our public school system.

Waff, where on earth did you get the idea that home schooled kids know only their mothers and fathers. Have you ever heard of kids playing with the neighbors kids? Maybe that's a novel idea to you.

Waffler , bed check at the rest home is 8PM, don't be late or nurse Rachett will be upset.

The quote is perfect. And when high school graduates read at a 3rd grade level and can't find the USA on a world map, the solution is always, MORE MONEY.

Anne and Bryan are right on.

The feds send tons of money to the schools and they follow the Golden Rule. He who sends the gold makes the rules. As to David, OR, he has it exactly correct.

Short, terse, and exactly right.

5 stars squared.

Michelle, these are liberty quotes. Dewey and his gang were not for liberty, only conformity.

Just what you would expect from the NEA. It's interesting that home schooled kids consistently outscore public school kids in aptitude tests. As to the "comprehensive education experience" I agree. Home schooled kids miss all the wonderful things such as walking through those neat metal detectors. The NEA isn't interested in educating anyone, only keeping the teachers unions fat and happy.

Waffler never dissapoints. This quote is NOT out of context and is totally consistant with Deweys' beliefs. We wouldn't want people thinking for themselves, now would we. That would be dangerous to our socialist state.

Teachers should be teaching pupils how to think.

This sounds a great deal like our current public, (government) schools.

I agree with Bryan of Stuart, Fla. Well said, Bryan.

Our government may study history, but they pay no attention to it's lessons.

If you don't like this, see what Thomas Jefferson thought about Christianity.

I tend to agree with Anonymous in spite of the horrible sentence structure and spelling.

Reminds me of one definition of faith. Faith is all we have left after reality sets in. Another is believing something without any evidence to support it. An example would be having faith that Obama is going to fix the economy or that Jesus will return to earth.

Hey Larry B, that was a real classy reply, or maybe classless is more accurate.

I doubt that many Americans revere liberty anymore. At least above comfort anyway.

I've seen some pretty unhappy believers in my time and the happiest person in our neighborhood is an Agnostic. I doubt that believers, on the whole, are any happier than sceptics.

As to the flood story, it should start out "Once upon a time "like all fairy tales. It is interesting that Noah was spared because he was "rightous" and when the boat landed he got drunk. Anyone believing that this fable is an historical event , probably believes that Jack and the Beanstalk is a real event.

If Jesus would come back now, he would probably say what Yogi Berra said, "I didn't say half the things I said." Or maybe "I didn't say half the stuff written in the red letter editions of the Bible."