My response:
"As a teacher, I have witnessed the failure of government intervention in the schools for the last twenty six years. Less government is the answer, not more.
The administrative state gave us lockdowns and illegal mask and vax mandates. The administrative state traumatized students and teachers. The Covidian lockdowns may be considered a crime against humanity.
The students I see now, in college and high school, have been set back terribly in terms of education and maturation. Justice is required first. All administrators and school boards who attacked good teachers and destroyed the education of a generation must be held accountable for their crimes."
I have observed the students are far more open to new information than in the past. But basic logic, language skills, math skills, and discernment are lacking. I did long division this week on the board and a junior asked why I was doing the square root:)
If you showed them the other way to do long division you would have really dumbfounded the young ones.