School and War
The government has screwed over the children of America with this stupid war.
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By Simon Hadley
If President Bush is out there reading this, here is some advice.
This evil sadistic act that you are pulling is not cute and it’s the dumbest
thing you will ever do. Bush, I really believe that you are a hypocrite. You
have the audacity to tell everybody that you care about the children and their
education. But it’s so amazing — the war is taking money from schools
all over the nation, and your no-good, evil-doing behind can’t say why
you have to take people’s hard earned tax dollars for this war.
News stations like Channel Two, which claims to have won awards
for best news coverage in the Bay Area, have not been covering the budget cuts
at my high school. There haven’t been stories on how parents feel about
this horrible situation, and if you guys are out there, you apparently didn’t
deserve that darn award, and I will be talking to your bosses about this. Teachers
are likely to get fired, and the underclassmen probably won’t have any
electives next year — or in years to come. That makes it hard for those
students to get into universities. And don’t think it stops there; the
colleges are cutting back too.
A friend of mine went to one of the school board meetings and
she asked, “What happens when I want to go to a university, since you
guys are cutting art, music, home ec? If someone’s trying to major in
these things, there won’t be any elective prep for people who want to
go on and study those fields.”
The board members said they are trying to negotiate with the universities
to lower their standards. I would have told him, “Now what university
that you know will lower their standards just because electives are getting
cut in high schools?” If you know one, please let me know.
And back to Bush. If you’re out there, please answer this
question. What about kids who have learning disabilities? Those kids can’t
learn as well as other kids. I had been in special ed for many years. Not to
say that I am dumb or anything like that. If you went to my school and saw those
kids you would understand that it’s a class where you get help in the
areas you aren’t good in, like math or english. Not everyone learns at
the same pace. These ridiculous budget cuts are firing the teachers who can
give these children the special attention they need. So we might not be able
to go out in the real world with a very high educational status. That means
our chances of surviving in the real world are very low. What is Bush going
to do then?
But that’s the problem: no one really wants to talk about
it. So Bush, stop worrying about starting fights with other countries. You need
to worry about your own country and the destruction of the children here.
— Simon Hadley is Youth Radio's advice guru. Ask
him a question!
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