I'm extremely sick of entertaining discussions on the cost of education with people who know nothing about it. Teachers themselves tend to be the worst. It's a constant, "If they would just put the money into education..."

I myself have a minimal knowledge of the myriad of funding mechanisms across the states, but the statement above is the equivalent of me walking up a random person on the sidewalk and saying: "My grama has red hair, I can't rollerblade very well, and I need more money to get there," then just staring at the person blankly.

Who are "they"? Get where? How? When? For what reason?