Us getting ready for first bellMy experience as a high school teacher is this: The top quartile of students are getting an education that is miles better and more rigorous than what similar students got 30 - 40 years ago. They are doing robotics and computer science and medical biology and graphic design and all kinds of things that just didn't exist then. Plus they're loading up on AP and dual enrollment classes and the instructors are doing a good job and most of the kids are working hard and learning. I look back on what we did and what was expected of college track kids in the '70s and think OMG, our educations sucked compared to what these kids get!