People have become more secure in their ignorance and their ridicule of experts. Teachers are underpaid and overworked -- and good teachers have pointed untold number of kids on the path of learning.

I fail to see how people can google some stupid shit on their cellphone and think "AHA SEE" about things like climate change and gun violence. They zero appreciation the science, software, mathematics and physics that make their cellphones work in the first place!

We are truly being governed by the party of Fox News -- the "Know Nothings" of the 21st century. This is scary stuff especially for the teachers trying to do their jobs and open minds.

(And in our own state of Nebraska -- look at the treatment of the University of Nebraska system by the governor and his allies in the Unicameral... sigh...)

Let them eat cake . . . . today's version.