WOW!! What a very poignant e-mail. I almost never answer this type of email...BUT, this is such a multilayer email which evokes many thoughts. I agree as well with this email in the way in which...sometimes it's not so much about the amount of money a person makes...it's the amount of positive inspiration one is able to impart to a young mind...
At the same time...in the totality and absolute value of this communication....let's not us forget that small business... and the CEO's of this country generate 65% of new jobs; so it is important once a young person is educated...that they do not feel badly if they wish to be an entrepreneur or a CEO or even become wealthy. America's one of the only places left in the world where a person may live out their imagination and turn it into profit in order to create jobs for many, many people.
I grew up in a time, not so far away where it was my parents' responsibility to inspire me and spark my imagination through the teaching of classical literature, music, art, humanities, etiquette, sports, machinery, and business, etc. They were absolutely not wealthy...my father's family grew up on dirt floors. I believe they were "hungry" to know about the beautiful things in the world and how to be successful and no one "handed" them anything. It's my belief our wonderful teachers are the catalysts, communicators to a student's education. I think many times parents think it is the job of the teacher to raise their children. It is not the teacher's job. Period.
Why is it other countries in the world produce students who have much higher over all test scores? These students are educated with a fraction of the costs of what the U.S. spends on its students. Foreign students are able to discuss geo politics, music, literature, quantum mechanics...etc It's because the students are EXPECTED to learn and be successful... parents expect it and so do teachers....oh... and another thing....when these students do not make the grade...they are retained...numbers really mean numbers...Period.
I believe when our state and our country STOP with all the expensive and ineffective "programs" such as "free lunch/breakfast" (when our own population at Ross has a high rate of overweight students..and I see students throw away milk, apples, fresh fruit on a DAILY basis) and start EXPECTING students to be excellent in every way.....guess what? Human nature will take over...and these kids WILL expect themselves to work harder; to their true potential. When a person is "given" things..such as credit for showing up, special consideration because English is not their first language, students with evasive and non-conclusive diagnosis...just "to label them"...our students will step up and make the grade. (My husband spoke hardly any English when he immigrated the legal way to the U.S....he was escaping a civil war...he had no "special help", programs, no food stamps, medicare, nothing!) .. Too many excuses, options and "programs" to help the "behind" students are producing a generation of excuse-seekers and wimps. I long for the days when people were tough and had a "whatever it takes" attitude....
I loved many of my teachers....those that I loved did inspire me to use my imagination and taught me critical thinking skills and they were very very tough teachers and they expected me and others to make high grades. I commend teachers whom are passionate about teaching kids...but it's also okay to inspire students to BE CEOs....Small businesses owners and job creators...Who's AGENDA are we working for? The kids? or our own? El Paso's largest industry is education.....hmmmmmm.....something to think about...?
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L. Skaf, RN, BSN
I heard on television yesterday something which I thought was fairly amusing. Kinky Friedman was being interviewed. He was speaking of Obama's handling of the economy.
WOW!! What a very poignant e-mail. I almost never answer this type of email...BUT, this is such a multilayer email which evokes many thoughts. I agree as well with this email in the way in which...sometimes it's not so much about the amount of money a person makes...it's the amount of positive inspiration one is able to impart to a young mind...
Environmentalist and their brilliant scientist tell us that man is destroying the earth. They tell us we are destroying the oceans and beaches. Let's narrow it down a little. Let's speak of the beaches of the eastern seaboard. Today, they tell us the weather is going to destroy the beaches. Irene, will change the face of the eastern seaboard beaches, forever. What the hell! If the damn weather can come along and destroy the beach after we were so careful with it, I say let's party it up. If the weather will destroy it eventually we need to chill, and have some fun.
Recently on the campaign trail Michelle Bachmann wished Elvis a happy birthday. Of course that was a mistake. His birthday was January 8, 1935. He died in August, August 16, 1977. Later she corrected her error. The press made a big deal of it in order to make her look stupid.
It pains me to see so many of our youth, male and female, defacing themselves with tattoos. They look like either hookers or gang members. There should only be one tattoo allowed. A tattoo on the individuals stomach. It should read "I am stupid". When the individual becomes older, and they no longer like or want their tattoo, they have the answer to the question why did I get a tattoo?
Former Vice President Al Gore has finally gone completely insane. He was always a crazy con artist. The final straw was in his August 4, 2011 speech at the Aspen Institute. He was distressed by the fact that more and more Americans recognize the hoax of man made global warming. Gore is heavily invested in green technologies and stands to lose a bundle. This has really pissed him off. He went into a cursing rant BS this and BS that. He additionally took the lord's name in vain. What an idiot. If you wish to see the nut in action Google, "Al Gore Meltdown at the Aspen Institute. "
The downgrading of our credit was due to to our enormous debt and our politicians failure to do anything about it. The republicans too cowardly and the democrats too stupid. Our government has spent us into oblivion. Both parties. The worst is Obama with his bailout, stimulus, and Obama care. Without this (3 trillion or so) we wouldn't be quite so bad off. His implementation of hundreds of regulations (over 600 last month) has killed the private sector. No jobs.
Nancy (Stretch) Pelosi commented, when asked about how she would vote for the debt ceiling legislation, that she would have to read it and study it as the important points are in the details.
I really can't express how much I hate so called reality shows. Watching groups of simplistic morons interact is not my idea of entertainment. The reality show additionally adds to the confusion of youths. They don't need anymore confusion. Some youths believe the way these mutants behave are legitimate, acceptable examples of how people should act.
