Napoleon and the Gay Samoans

Napoleon and the Gay Samoans

”If education were a product we would be suing,” wrote the mother of a 2010 high school graduate.  Her e-mail was so eloquent, it warrants no editing:

“Today I asked my son what country Napoleon was from.  He said Rome.

He just finished 12 years of public schooling in what has been called one of the top high schools in the nation.  Although he’s not a bookworm, he is a decent student.  He has better than a B average.

He doesn’t know which country Napoleon was from – let alone what he did.  I don’t think he was...