Just read this article and its depressing. Not sure how it is in other parts of the country, but in Oakland, CA, it ain't looking good.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/24/notes102407.DTL

Smart parents tend to have smart kids (and we all know Axiomites are smarter than the average bear person), but I'll do my damndest to be sure my kids aren't among the morons.

Can't use a friggin' ruler? My god....