principles, not principals. Which, thinking about it, is an even more condensed version of my argument above. Competition is all very well, but if you're talk

principles, not principals. Which, thinking about it, is an even more condensed version of my argument above. Competition is all very well, but if you're talking about the education of a country, you can't very well just chuck out half the students and/or schools because they failed the competition, particularly when the competition is "rigged" from the start: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09Rparenting.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/...