Yes, I hear the bellows of the sacred cows. Most politicians are populist buffoons, with a leavening of intelligent people. The parents have been bamboozled by

Yes, I hear the bellows of the sacred cows. Most politicians are populist buffoons, with a leavening of intelligent people. The parents have been bamboozled by the sacred cows - more $$ = better teachers, but as see this is not the case. The end case of this is $$ maximisation for the teachers. Sure, there are many good teachers, but also lots of cows. When I was in school, as we went between classes, there was a teacher at every landing as well as one on every straight run of hallway. This meant that bullying was under much closer supervision = a lot less bullying. Now we have very little, as wages are so high that staff costs even for hall and landing monitors became larger that was sustainable = explosion of bullying, add online bullying and kids are coerced into bad actions. I do not know how this can be combatted? The entire state of California now exists as taxation system to enrich and enpension a small segment of society - who have wages/benefits that beggar the population at large - it is so bad that people vote with feet.