We, who teach in the murky world of multiple Jewish temperaments, where nuanced explanations so often replace fervent commitment, sometimes–maybe often–question the value of what we do. Now that most community day school attendees are not for the most part synagogue attendees, we can assume they may not become adult members of any shule in the future. If this is true for non-Orthodox day school kids, how much more so for others? The following article that appeared in Hayidiyon, the RAVSAK (Community day School Network)periodical is an attempt by me to picture what’s coming down the road and how to reckon with its complexity.