I actually liked the post. I agree that there's both and ad-hominem and strawman-ish quality to it, but the original article was very accusatory toward those "

I actually liked the post. I agree that there's both and ad-hominem and strawman-ish quality to it, but the original article was very accusatory toward those "lazy american students". If we're going to play that game, I think it's more than reasonable to turn that harsh glare toward the educators themselves. Individual teachers can be wonderful, but as a profession, I think that they have shown far more interest in protecting underperforming teachers from accountability than achieving excellence. Maybe those lazy americans are just following deeds instead of words.