'excellence' That's Mediocrity

We all pay for dumbing down educational standards all around from thriving metropolis to sleepy small town Incompetency reigns throughout customer service Doctors' inaccurate diagnoses make patients nervous Corporation mission statements, worthless lip service It starts in the classroom, where teachers won't demand if you want to say something, first raise your hand Then later on, when rampant cheating's ignored which leads to society's ox getting gored So, let's stand up to teacher union's bureaucracy Their idea of excellence - in truth, mediocrity Insist on high standards, from grade one through university and say No! to preference based on 'diversity'