They have a class size of 12, wonderful new computers and software, and an ultramodern building. There hasn't been a new high school built in the Bronx since the 1970s, but this building takes up almost a whole block. I was just in California where I was told that prison guards on the average are paid more than classroom teachers. That doesn't make sense in a good country, and I think this is a good country. I'm always struck by how many generous and enlightened people there are.
Education is the one area of public spending that seems utterly benign.
It's money so obviously well spent, and the little ones themselves are so irresistibly appealing that it would seem to be the easiest thing our politicians could do. I asked her once to list the things she thought most beautiful in life. It had an almost brazenly didactic sound. She does the best she can. She's a single mother.