Responding only to the original post, & ignoring what seems to be mostly troll-inspired bickering since...

The flip side of Donuel-DonH's point is this - more kids than ever before are qualified to go to 'college' (I'm UK, BTW, not US, so I don't understand the finer distinctions of the US heddicashun sistum). So did they lower the entry requirements for college, or did pre-college education get BETTER?!

Serious point, folks. I don't know what the answer is. I do know that if you educate Joe Average better, he expects more, but there is still only so much money to go round. I also know that humanity is very good at focusing on the negatives.

"Our education system is shit - so many people are being deprived of the opportunity to go to college"

"Our education system has improved by leaps & bounds - so many more people now achieve the entry requirements for college"

How much of a genuine problem is there, & how much is caused by the size of the typeface? I don't have an opinion - I'm out of the educational loop in the UK, never mind the US! I'm bloody sure if you're not asking the right questions, you won't get the right answers.

Have you all been answering the right question? Have you all been answering the same question?!

Think about it...

Regards

Rædwulf