I'm with you 110%. The education system is really going down the toilet. It wasn't fantastic when I was in school, and in some areas, it just keeps getting worse. If there is one thing that should not be skimped on in budgeting, it's education; but it is, every single year.

My husband moved here from Sweden, and he was very surprised when I explained to him that people didn't realize he wasn't a native speaker, because their English was worse than his.