Indeed lol. That's the thing; I believe in the process. I know
  we're not a representative democracy. I know we're an oligarchy.
  But there's *still* enough elements of representative democracy
  available to us for stuff like that. I mean, heck, they passed
  gay marriage; I didn't even *know* people were working on it,
  but then again, I don't follow the news unless someone tells me
  (in person or I see it online from someone's post). But it's an
  example of what's possible to accomplish.

  I suppose I'm no better though. I've had so many rants about
  Education yet that's all I do too. Rant. Maybe I should do what
  that lady did with her book on Grit that inspired the teachers
  and led to coursework changes designed to make things more
  difficult and confusing [it's supposed to break people who
  believe they are innately good at math or english or ...
  anything.. and slow their progress so they keep down with the
  rest of the class. The whole thing seems military to me,
  honestly, but whatever. School will suck no matter what they
  did, do, or will do.

  Maybe I should take a page out of my own book here. It *is*
  something I _could_ get political about...[educational
  psychology] I just hate joining groups.