In large states public education will always be mediocre for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

Even if I tried to be my dad it would be a mediocre slightly embarrassing version.

Mediocre men work at their best men seeking excellence strive to do better.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach and I never rose above the level of mediocre.