This line really caught my attention and is the kind of sound bite that could wake our young people up.
I think the line we've all heard; "You want fries with that?" perhaps needs to be translated and put on a bulletin board. The one factor I always knew I could change and control was education in my life. My Dad went through undergrad in night school and worked hard as a reservist to get through school. He instilled a belief in me that through education all things are possible. But are they? Does that still apply today?
The notion that negative adds on both sides could destroy the category of politics in this section could closely parallel the idea that the debate among politicians and educators could be destroying the category of education. Look at the attitudes we are finding more and more in our students that this doesn't matter... that regardless of how well they score it doesn't change their stripes. (painting with broad strokes here...stay with me) Is this the attitude of the next generation? Will an online education be as good or better than one in the classroom? Debate over private or public. All these notions combined seem to distract students from the belief earlier generations held that hard work and education really do pay off.
If we could hit a restart on everyone and get our nation to unite under the umbrella of an education for your FUTURE we could start a wave to break some of this bureaucracy. We need to get them young and keep them.
Anyone in favor of reading sections or parts of this book to our classes this fall...?
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