Steve Shaw says: The parents you are talking about are the ruthless, pushy, unprincipled buggers who will do almost anything to get their kids into a school that they think has the good local reputation.

Yes, Steve, I suppose UK faith schools have a few parents like that. US religious schools have a few wealthy parents who are annoyingly demanding to the point of being litigious...and they never seem to be available to help with the volunteer efforts that make tuition affordable for us normal folks (not that they offer to pay higher tuition). Such people are indeed a pain in the ass - but they are a small minority, the exception and not the rule.

Such is the case with all your rash generalizations, Steve. They're true, but they don't tell the whole story. All you see is the negative side of the things you don't espouse. For some of us, religion has been a very positive experience, something that does not limit the breadth of our thinking whatsoever.

Yes, Steve, I know you taught in a faith school for a number of years. I wonder how you could have prostituted yourself like that.

-Joe Offer-