[Harry Rex Vonner]

Why, after reading this, do I feel the same way I do when talking to a used car salesman? Hmmm

It's that haughtiness that you demonstrate. You give the appearance of lecturing down to people. In other words, you come off as an effete snob, sir. Pikeville is an independent school system, not private, and therefore I guess you can lump us in with the rest of the "government" schools as you so eloquently label us. I'd put our education, test scores, and achievements right up there against your school systems without a second thought. By the way, don't look now, but if I'm not mistaken, there is a least one school system in Northern Kentucky that has a Pikeville High School graduate as the superintendent.

We must, of course, teach to the tests. Government mandated and all, you know. Of course, those fine Catholic schools, in order to be accredited, must also meet the same standards. GASP. That would mean.... No, it is unimaginable. They have to teach to the same educational standards? The horror! Such high and bright minds taught to the same minimum standards as those of us who bask amongst the great unwashed?

At the risk of further inciting your wrath against private schools, I must state that the information contained in your last paragraph is grossly incorrect. But, then, who cares? Why confuse you with the true facts?

Overall, we have inferior government schools in the Commonwealth which are teaching more social and political correctness and less reading, writing, and arithmetic. No honest person, private or government, can deny that.

So, instead of continually taking shots at the private schools, why don't you improve the government schools? I have nothing whatsoever to do with your schools but I sure pay an obscene amount of property and income taxes to help fund your "operation". It would be nice to get a decent return on the investment.