Quote of the Year

From Class Warfare:

"Mark Twain is reputed to have said, 'First God made idiots. That was just for practice. Then He created school boards.'"

In his book, Professor J. Martin Rochester, went on to write, " That's unfair. The fact is that one of the worst positions to occupy other than school superintendent is school board member. There are strong pressures to go along and routinely accept staff proposals, since few wish to alienate the faculty and administration. When board members are elected who refuse to be co-opted, and boldly question the direction the district is going in, they are portrayed by their opponents as bad people who wish to harm the district."

Or, like in Orange County, they are labeled "elitists" or "segregationists."