Definitely not a rant! Our high school had coaches teaching civics, branches of Govt etc because they definitely weren't paying for a position to teach only civics. But yes, Obummer and let's not forget the "no child left behind" of the Bush era--participation ribbons for everyone! And yes, some of the worst of the worst were the "cool" English professors who also wanted to be 'shocking' --I was in VA but yeah, they must have been mass producing the tweed jacket, shaggy hair wire-rimmed glasses mustache/beard, khaki pants wearing rebels without a clue