Gosh, this reminds me of when Vita left us.......we have 13 forum categories to post in and she got offended over people posting their experience and opinions of another forum in ONE of the categories and left SM. All she had to do was click out of the thread that offended her and ignore it. There is much, much more on the forum to get involved in.
Triste, I am very sorry to see you leave. You opened a topic that produced some lively discussion and revealed a lot of information about schools, teachers kids and their parents. Many of us are no longer in the education loop, having grown children and I found the thread very interesting. The category you posted in is called "Anything Goes", you asked for opinions and now you're leaving because you didn't like some of the opinions you received. Plus, these people took the time to read and respond to your request and you seem to be leaving in a huff in spite of the evidence that many on this site do support your own opinion.
The appeal of this site and this forum is that we are self-regulating but there is still a broad cross-section of people on the forum in terms of lifestyle, race, jobs, geography, etc. So you are likely to tap into anything when you post a topic like yours asking for opinions. You just need to expect that, be prepared and take the chaff with the wheat. It is sooooo difficult to have a discussion on touchy issues in this medium because you can't see body language and different sections of the country have different ways of expressing themselves which can lead to misunderstandings and hurt feelings.
I hope you reconsider. And I believe I am not alone in saying that.