60-minutes guy just now said "a myriad" & unless he meant "a mermaid", whereby he said the wrong word, what he has done is to say that word wrongly

there's this big debate around here about letting school out on good friday. some schools, mostly private schools, get the day off. some county systems are on spring break, thereby avoiding the issue altogether. but, the local county was neither on spring break nor closed for the day. thus, myriad folks are up in arms about their religious liberties being trampoolated by the government. [hey, kids -- do you remember from our previous discussions - who is the government? that's right! the govt is us!] anyhoo - religious liberties. right. okay. here are some facts about school attendance around here on friday:

- the elementary & middle schools had much higher attendance levels than the high schools: the lower schools had up around 75% attendance, and the high schools had below 50%.
- the bowling alley was so crowded they had to call in more workers.

what do these facts say? these facts say it's not about religious liberty, it's about personal freedom -- high school students with transportation can choose to go to the bowling alley instead of coming to school. the newspapers quoted teachers who said they could not accomplish anything because the students weren't there. that's just bullfrogs. the teachers aren't controlled by the students. the schools aren't controlled by the students. if the teachers teach, more of the students would not play hookey. but, what has happened is that the teachers have quit teaching because the students aren't there, and the students don't show up because the teachers aren't teaching. it's just a load bullfrogs. someone has to stop the circle, and it's got to be the teachers, administrators, and parents because for hula's sake... the grown-ups are the ones in charge... aren't they?