Groans, growls and
gnashing of teeth follow as the itemized bill, the computation of which would tax a mainframe computer and which totaled slightly less than the latest contract for a fully - loaded Boeing 777, was delivered by yet another gloved hand holding yet another gilded platter.
It was as predictable as night
following day that this week's release
of results from the National Assessment
of Educational Progress would be
followed by weeping and
gnashing of teeth on a biblical scale.