OK, I feel I must weigh in. As a teacher, and the daughter of a teacher (and I won't even get into the rest of the family tree!) I am also appalled at the level of ignorance so prevalent in our society. Very few feel the need to learn correct usage of the language, fewer still feel inclined to study history. Imagine my horror when, several years ago, I attended a showing of the broadway musical "Les Miz." After Javert's many curtain calls at the end, the lights in the theatre went up and we all started to leave. Two college-age girls were in the row in front of me, one saying, "So, did this, like, revolution thing really happen?" My family has always felt that the root of this particular evil was an arrogant laziness. After all, look how great our country is. Look how much we've achieved! And besides, who needs to excel, anyway, when the government will pay many for NOT working more than my husband makes at his full-time job! We've been so careful not to make under-achievers feel bad about themselves, so eager to promote this "self-esteem" garbage that no one has much incentive to better themselves. The worst part is that we've forgotten God, and the Biblical principles on which this great nation was founded. Read Deuteronomy 8:11-20, for a quick recap of what a country can expect when they forsake God, and rely on their own might and intellect. Sound familiar? If this doesn't describe the United States of America to you, well, you need some of that 8th grade history. Dot > --------------------------------------------------- > >