There’s a longstanding polling trend showing a wide disparity in favorable approval ratings for individual members of the U.S. House and Senate and the overall negative perception of Congress itself.

More anecdotal is the observation that Illinoisans can love their individual school district while bemoaning the larger quality of public education. There are even smaller rifts, such as parents who think their kids’ K-5 experience was tremendous but loathe the middle school, or others who swear that if you don’t get the right third-grade classroom assignment, it could derail everything that follows.

I observe this sentiment because I share the approach in some ways, such as abhorring the youth sports industrial complex but happily registering my kids with their chosen baseball or gymnasti

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