| especially since Texas more or less dictates what goes into high school textbooks Only as long as Texas doesn't go too far out there and the parents in other states are not too involved with school. If Texas really goes out on a limb, and you have parents in say Vermont very actively engaged with their kids' school, I bet we can finally split the market and get Texas & Co. off our backs. And that is better for everyone (except kids in Texas) and also more likely then us being able to pull Texas towards reason. If it only hurt their children, I would still be disturbed Sure, but how can you help someone else's child? How could the government rescue children from their parents? I don't see any way in a non-creepy world. And as far as America's innovative edge goes, the US or key parts of it, still produce amazing discoveries, and they do it with a lot of immigrants. It would be nice if we added more home grown brains, but that's all it would be: nice. |