September Letter of the Month winner: Ott Johnson of Stillwater

However, teachers pay inflated higher education tuition and fees, study and attend classes for their education and teaching certificates, proof of teaching knowledge and ability as determined by and colleges. If our teachers are inferior, shouldn't those institutions take responsibility for their inferior product?

Still, our boards of regents and unions keep clamoring for more tax and tuition dollars to do the same ol' same ol' while expecting improved results! Let's get off the backs of primary and secondary teachers who daily struggle to educate our children with the handicap of federal guidelines and undisciplined students and place the blame where it belongs.