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Former Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, once remarked that "We are the victims of the tyranny of lowered expectations." Secretary Riley went on to say that as a people, we have flattened out our expectations into a broad and bland sense of mediocrity. We, too, often settle for below average performance or something that we deem as "good enough." Rarely, if ever, do we call for -- much less demand -- excellence. Excellence, it seems, is not an option in our world today. Indeed, go to any public school and observe the treatment received by an "A" student at the hands of his or her peers.