Oh, it's time for the open letter? An Open Letter to Public Education But first, let's see what's in the secret compartment today. Oh, it's a graduation hat. Thanks Meredith the Intern for letting me borrow your graduation hat. Dear Public Education, when you were introduced in Japan, you were very unpopular because you were funded by a new property tax. In fact, you were so unpopular that at least 2,000 schools were destroyed by rioters, primarily through arson. Stan, it doesn't look good when you bring it in close like that.