My older brother went to public school in - gasp - Shelton.

Then went on to get a full ride at UW, a full ride at MIT, got a Ph.D in Physics, and worked with a team at UW that won the Nobel Prize and a team at the Max Planck Institute of Technology that won the Nobel Prize.

The problem is, not everyone has a noggin like he did, and they'll need the help of good teachers or good parents, and both seem a little scarce these days.

My kids' teachers hated me because I was always giving them crap about the idiotic math homework my kids brought home. I did what Piper did - showed them how humans should do math and told their teachers to pound sand. When their teachers whined, I told them their sandiness was duly noted, and that I wasn't all that interested in their opinions.

I'm sure they thought I was a dick - many people do - but making teachers happy isn't my duty as a parent. Making sure my kids aren't worthless is.
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She was standin' alone over by the juke box, like she'd something to sell.
I said "baby, what's the goin' price?" She told me to go to hell.

Bon Scott - Shot Down in Flames