"The bottom four places in the table..."

[sheshe2]

Are we as a nation embarrassed yet?

[elleng]

1. SICK!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Well, we should be, if we aren't. It's disgusting.

Somebody's priorities are so fucked up.

[Brigid]

3. I'm gone past embarrassment to . . .

[NuclearDem]

4. Why, that sounds awfully unpatriotic, citizen!

There's nothing wrong with the exceptional United States of America! Now get off your seditious rear and go buy something!

[Scuba]

5. Beyond embarrassment to shameful.

[bhikkhu]

6. And then the teachers take the blame for kids not performing well...

not to hijack the thread, but there's a lot that goes into a child's well-being, and a whole lot of long-term outcomes really depends on it. I'm all for high expectations, but its not fair to neglect and beat them down for being neglected and beaten down.

[brer cat]

7. +1000

[dhill926]

8. pathetic....

and embarrassing....

[Triana]

9. This is embarrassing. Inexcusable. Shameful. Immoral.

It's just WRONG.

[xxqqqzme]

10. That is a

very long way from It Takes a Village.

[savannah43]

11. I've been embarrassed by this country since I was 10 years old when

I learned what a Republican was and, to add insult to injury, one of them was my grandfather.