And there will be no million man march ever again. The destruction of our education system has guaranteed that we will have no more vibrant leaders. We create people that believe that the further you bend over for authority the better you must be.

We absolutely do not.

Great leaders aren't produced by an education system alone. Nothing alone makes them. It's the sum of a person's experience coupled with a vision for the future. It doesn't take anything special to be a great leader, just the willpower to work. Lincoln had, optimistically, a year's worth of early education.

Education is important, but to say we'll have no "vibrant leaders" is entirely wrong. Our education system hasn't been destroyed, either. It needs work. Common Core and No Child Left Behind need to be done away with, but it's not destroyed. There are millions of teachers who, I promise you, would love to actually teach.

I have a serious problem with posts like this. This is one of the main problems. Apathy. I can tell by your attitude that you believe the fight is lost and everything is destined to end. It's fatalistic, defeatist, and just sad. You want things to change? Stop talking as if all is lost, and start talking about how to fix things. I'm as pessimistic as it gets, and even I don't believe that all is lost for us.