(September 24, 2013 at 11:38 am)Minimalist Wrote: Thanks for the testimony from the trenches, Zazz.Except the train never crashes because too many people keep it limping along. If it would crash, maybe we could fix it.
It's like watching a slow-speed train wreck.
Although I suppose you could argue, given our academic performance in the US in comparison with so many other countries, that it crashed a long time ago, only no one on the train noticed.
What a useful metaphor.