I have to admit that a great deal bothers me today, and much of it has to do with higher education. This is only partly because I have returned to school to pursue a Master of Sacred Theology degree. It is also because I have 10 nephews and nieces, and a legion of younger relatives, godchildren and assorted friends’ offspring to worry about – to say nothing of worrying about a country which, at least according to its government’s founders, requires an educated electorate for its ruling machinery to work right.