Perhaps all is not lost. There might yet be hope for the education of our youth. Like many people, I have become jaundiced about the results that the system is producing. The whole thing seems to revolve around gender fluidity, boys dressing up as girls, climate change voodoo and, when the system actually gets around to teaching anything, it is based on destructive premises like the British invasion of Australia, the creeping tide of climate change, the superior status of aboriginals, Muslims and refugees and a commitment not to teach anything of any practical value like reading or writing.