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Ananas · 09-07-2009, 08:00 PM

I agree with the points made by Roachboy and WillRavel.

Here's a country that's lost millions of jobs in the last few years, yet cannot see that more and better education will bring this country forward and return it to its former position. The loss of education, cutbacks in almost every school district, the inability of parents to afford college educations for their children, all that stuff, needs to be addressed now. The US cannot afford to fall (further) behind other nations on the education front. In a few short years we will go from a nation that accepted JFK's challenge to put Americans on the moon to a nation that believes the moon is a leftist/socialist deathstar raining radiation upon its collective head.

Here's a country with a few parents protesting a speech by its President for feck's sake about education. It's the same man who said he wanted to make improving education one of the primary goals of his presidency. Don't want their kids to watch their President, but no problem with what they watch for their average 5 hours of dailyTV, video games, movies, etc.

This country had no problem listening to previous Presidents, and FDR's Fireside chats before and during WWII were welcomed by the whole nation (even those who opposed him) because people wanted to hear what their President said before leveling any criticism.

It's embarrassing to see that the US is inundated with people who can be so easily misdirected and mislead by the fat cats whose bottom lines are being rightfully questioned.

All those protesting need to ask themselves (and their children) a few questions:
1. Has your school district reduced its budget, laid off teachers & other employees? How is the condition of the physical plant of the school itself?
2, Does your child's school even offer art, music, physical education, foreign language, or other "non-essential" classes anymore?
3. Where does your child's school rank in national testing levels (reading, math, writing)?
4. What's the student-teacher ratio in your child's school?
5. Have you learned by now that not every black person is a gun-toting, drug-dealing, welfare-cheating, ebonics-talking, crotch-grabbing rap artist shiftless thug?

You need to educate yourself.

PS: Samcol: I don't get the meaning of your avatar. Could you explain it please? Thanks.

09-07-2009, 08:00 PM	#104 (permalink)
Ananas Still Crazy Location: In my own time	I agree with the points made by Roachboy and WillRavel. Here's a country that's lost millions of jobs in the last few years, yet cannot see that more and better education will bring this country forward and return it to its former position. The loss of education, cutbacks in almost every school district, the inability of parents to afford college educations for their children, all that stuff, needs to be addressed now. The US cannot afford to fall (further) behind other nations on the education front. In a few short years we will go from a nation that accepted JFK's challenge to put Americans on the moon to a nation that believes the moon is a leftist/socialist deathstar raining radiation upon its collective head. Here's a country with a few parents protesting a speech by its President for feck's sake about education. It's the same man who said he wanted to make improving education one of the primary goals of his presidency. Don't want their kids to watch their President, but no problem with what they watch for their average 5 hours of dailyTV, video games, movies, etc. This country had no problem listening to previous Presidents, and FDR's Fireside chats before and during WWII were welcomed by the whole nation (even those who opposed him) because people wanted to hear what their President said before leveling any criticism. It's embarrassing to see that the US is inundated with people who can be so easily misdirected and mislead by the fat cats whose bottom lines are being rightfully questioned. All those protesting need to ask themselves (and their children) a few questions: 1. Has your school district reduced its budget, laid off teachers & other employees? How is the condition of the physical plant of the school itself? 2, Does your child's school even offer art, music, physical education, foreign language, or other "non-essential" classes anymore? 3. Where does your child's school rank in national testing levels (reading, math, writing)? 4. What's the student-teacher ratio in your child's school? 5. Have you learned by now that not every black person is a gun-toting, drug-dealing, welfare-cheating, ebonics-talking, crotch-grabbing rap artist shiftless thug? You need to educate yourself. PS: Samcol: I don't get the meaning of your avatar. Could you explain it please? Thanks. __________________ it's gritty