I was a high school teacher for half a decade (not exactly veteran status, I know) and I've kind of soured on the very concept of education. Both affirmative ac

I was a high school teacher for half a decade (not exactly veteran status, I know) and I've kind of soured on the very concept of education. Both affirmative action and the general push for increased funding suffer from the same fundamental flaw of "fostering opportunity." Even if every last student in the US were educated to the point of genius, at the end of the day they'd still be let loose in an economy where wealth is derived from ownership, not brainpower. Devoting so many resources towards ensuring everybody is as intelligent as Bill Gates is a fool's errand when only a sliver of a sliver can ever be Bill Gates. The sentiments that drive these initiatives are generally progressive. I don't doubt that most people involved in AA and educational reform ultimately want to ensure material security for every student in the country. The problem lies in attempting to do so through a rigged framework. It would be nice if this energy were redirected towards guaranteeing material security directly through class-conscious mass politics, without regard for that middleman "opportunity."