<p>As a public school student in Alabama, I think that you are speaking from a very privileged, narrow point of view. My teachers have always been mediocre, and before I moved to a prep school this semester, I have never had a teacher with a masters degree. Most of them just had teaching credentials. You have to factor in the southeast/northwest when you consider those stats. You’re right, the best schools in America are obviously fantastic, but as a whole, the system is terrible. Goddamn the teacher’s unions that are out for themselves and hang the students out to dry.</p>