The Children

One of the main reasons a person should want to move out of the Brooklyn/Queens, etc. area is because of the way children are raised here. I admit that there are plenty of "good" people who were born and raised in these areas. However, I have seen one too many children either totally lose themselves or worse believe that there is nothing wrong with them, when anyone speaking to them knows that they are following a path that is not at all proper.
Ethics of our Fathers clearly states that "Derech Eretz Kudma Latorah", proper behavior comes before the study of the Torah. How many people do you and I know who believe that as long as you look the look and even talk the talk, you are absolved of any crime towards other individuals, be it a crime of theft, speech, hate, etc. As long as you did your time in school, you are OK.
Excuse me, but what Bull Shit is that? Whatever happened to "Doing onto others as you want done to yourself"? Whatever happened to Achdus, unity? Well, I will tell you what happened. They stopped teaching it in schools. The schools wanted to enroll as many children as possible and almost every parent wants their child to grow up into a learner, so the schools started leaning more towards learning and less towards teaching behavior. It's a damn shame when you see people that can be so good, but fail miserably. Sinas Chinam runs rampant. This sect hates that sect. That sect thinks those are Christians. These followers physically assault that followers of their "leaders'" brother. (Off topic: What kind of leaders are these?!) We are clashing with ourselves. We are hurting ourselves. We are killing ourselves.
It's time for a change. Time to teach values, to teach love, to teach tolerance. As the sages teach "Woe to the evil person and woe to his neighbor." Sometimes the best option is to pick yourself up and move. Start over. Clean house. Whatever you want to call it. But don't look back at Sodom burning. "What's mine is mine and what's yours is yours", is what the Sodomites said. Look around your neighborhood. People can't pay tuition while others get tuition breaks because all of their income is "off the books". They are stealing from their neighbors, their fellow congregants.
Pack your backs and move. It's time.

Sorry about the rant, but it's hard not to when you see the injustices done.
My original point is still valid. The schools are not doing the job. The owners are more worried about the money than the children, and the teachers are struggling to put food on their tables. The fact remains that there are very few schools that teach our children how to be human beings first and students next. We've got to be worried about the next generation because look how this one turned out.