Common good

Can't help but mention that Wall Street Journal today (Friday, the 29th) has a thoughtful cover story in Weekend Journal praising the Finnish school system (other publications have had articles lately as well). Since OECD started testing 15-year-olds Finland has been close or at the top of their rankings. Of course over there people complain about schools constantly and lament (I've heard personally) that if this is as good as it gets, we are, as humans, in bad shape indeed--It's the ongoing process that's meaningful.