Educator blissfully untroubled by mass educational failure

After SQ 779 went down in flames Tuesday night, a teacher at Ada High School tweeted the following:

If you voted no on SQ 779 don't forget to thank a teacher for the fact you could read the ballot in the first place.

— Terry Swopes (@tswopes1218) November 9, 2016

Well, yes. However, an obvious question presents itself:

But what about Oklahoma's 400,000 school-produced illiterates? https://t.co/UlGlBrVlhJ Whom should they thank? https://t.co/4an7IiFL0J

— Choice Remarks (@SchoolChoiceOK) November 9, 2016

I'm not sure what sort of reply I was then expecting from this teacher. Perhaps it was unrealistic to expect something along the lines of: "Good point. We have spent untold millions of dollars yet too often have failed at our most basic task—teaching a child to read. We have damaged countless lives, many of them unalterably. I hope parents and taxpayers can forgive us and give us another chance."

Alas, that's not what he said. Incredibly, this was his reply:

@SchoolChoiceOK I would be willing to bet they still had teachers that cared for and about them.

— Terry Swopes (@tswopes1218) November 9, 2016