But you can't squeeze love from a stone. Not even when that stone looks like your mom. They like to say that we're pretty much ignorant kids, too wrapped up in our violence and drugs and sexuality to understand the depth of our own problems. We never stop learning. We know the truth about many things that they cannot even comprehend.
American kids do among the worst of industrialized nations on standardized tests.
But education is a two-way street. Our teachers are among the lowest-paid of all public servants. The Old Order often pays garbage men more than the people they entrust our futures to, and it shows. Waste-disposal is more important than education. They have no idea of how to connect with us, and they don't even make an effort.