Frankly Keith I find your response astonishing. Surely as someone who taught for their career you, of all people, should be extolling the virtue of a good education, you should be saying that a good education is vital in whichever field you choose to follow. You as an educator, as someone to whom people trust the education of their children, should be shouting from the rooftops the need for a good education. The fact that you excuse Haig for being academically lacking is nothing short of breathe taking.