I appreciate your thoughts and, yes, I think of them as visitors. They're so beautiful and a link to a beautiful culture. But they're not "mine." Ultimately they will stay here where they belong.

Isn't that just one of the most heart breaking lyrics ever written? He wasn't a perfect person from what I've read, but man he is trying to atone in that song. 16. Who has that kind of awareness at 16??

The conservative agenda regarding public education assumes that privatized anything will work better. Charter schools generally suck, and will take years, If ever, to offer your kid a decent education. So if you're willing to throw your kid under the "proverbial" bus then go ahead.