Why is it that the smartest and most educated of us (school personnel and students) cannot figure out how to provide free education for us all? If they cannot, then surely no one can. All levels of education, up to graduate school should be available for all -- free, Universities must become self sufficient. This is a call to arms, a challenge to our educational systems to make it happen. I walked 4 miles each way to school (uphill both ways), and certainly got the cardiac functioning well. We used to have physical education daily. We ate somewhat nutritious lunches, and did not have cola machines and candy machines at every corner. We weren t quite as overweight. Our schools did not just teach us how to pass No Child Left Behind expensive profitable corporate tests, but taught us to think, research, and explore. It is time to teach technical expertise. Time to challenge our youth to live up to their possibilities, instead of just getting by. My most memorable and exciting education was being involved in the Experimental College at UNR many decades ago. The university fronted us students enough seed money to allow us to design and teach our own curriculums. It was exciting and innovative. We covered subjects that were broadly diverse. Let s let our children reach their highest level; to excel and pursue those topics that excite them. To encourage and energize them. Where are the classes on agriculture, animal husbandry, tool making and tool use, electronics repair, retrofitting, proper nutrition, what a credit card application really means, good and honest fair journalism, heavy math and sciences, how to drive properly and safely, and most importantly, how and where to find information? Are they out there? Task #1 -- figure out how to be self sufficient, and then figure out how to generate revenue to fund universal education for us all. Let s open our schools after hours as community centers and classes. Let s make our buildings energy efficient. Let s squirrel away enough resources to allow and encourage experimental learning. And let s let our kids learn the joy (?) of walking to school in fresh air and sun instead of just buckling them up to go just a few blocks or more. And if we do not have the will to make this happen, then it is up to our children to take matters into their own hands and create without our help their own futures. And their children s . Good luck and Godspeed.