>Folks back then were far closer to the daily quest for survival than today.

Thats what I was saying, yes.

>And you can continue to deceive yourself by believeing that what you know is the sum total of what can be known and if someone contradicts you they MUST be wrong - since what they say isn't in your knowledge base.

I'm not the one who said "life is easy" for anyone.

>You forget that my wife is a public school teacher

In a school of how many and where? I don't think we're talking about the same people.

>I'll accept your apology in about 20 years. < BG >

Apologize for what? You assumed that life was peachy for kids today. Not me. I understand that life was hard, and that many of the variables have been removed in my day. In fact, I had this discussion a couple hours ago over a bowl of soup in a restaurant. But if you think that there aren't people in America that are fighting to live or always fearing for their lives, even in schools, you are clueless. Thats all my point was.