G-D'ed Socialists!

I hate the Federal Government! I think it's WAY too big and is exercising way too many controls on us!!! Our States should be taking care of most of the stuff the Federal Government has stepped into, and what the States don't do, we don't NEED.

For instance, someone, ANYONE tell me WHERE in the Constitution, it mentions any form of Education??? My great-granddad didn't go to school past age 11, and he did fine. My Pop-Pop finished high school, and he was fine. Now everyone wants to go to college, even though those who DID never use that stuff, anyway.

Look at George W. Bush, and tell me HE needed his Yale education to be the President he was!

And right now, the Federal Government not only collects tax dollars to pay for public education, but they MANDATE that children go to school! And all of it is unConstitutional!

Problem with this country today is all that DAMN EDUMUCATION! It's ruining everything. And if I wanna bring up 17 illiterate chilldrens into this Wurld, well, that is MY CONSTITUTIONAL WRITE! And iffin I choose to not have none kids, well then they can't make me pay for all this stoopid edumacation stuff. It's not write and it's not CONSTETUSHONAL!!!!

So, what we needs to be dooing, is this. We needs to get rit of pulbic educamadcation once and fur all! Jus get rid of it! Then if you wants your kids to go to skool and den on to colledge, well, you can jus pay fur it yerself! YEAH! An den me taxs will be much loss. Urse two!

Anyting else is jus not write. And knot Constetooshonal!!!! REPALE PULBIC EDUCAMATION KNOW!!!!

I've Been Lucky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr5kWOdkHYA

Please watch the video, forwarded to me by a colleague. It's funny, in a sad sort of way.

Anyone who has taught for any amount of time has had SOME variation of this conversation. I have been very lucky in that I've never had a parent storm out wanting to complain to the Principal!

I HAVE had parents come in and say to me "Well, my child isn't having any problems in their other classes..." but who were genuinely surprised when I had a list of their interim or report card grades showing a majority of D's and F's.

I've had the parent who has claimed that their child's education plan wasn't being followed, but I would always go over it with them, and tell them exactly what was being done in the classroom.

And I've had that student who played soccer, was in the school play and student government and was involved in their Church as well... But we always managed to find SOME agreeable time for extra help.

Yes, I guess I've been extremely lucky... But also, I tended to teach a bunch of immigrant kids from low-income families. And believe it or not, THOSE parents seemed to be the most cooperative and helpful ones of all!

I think it speaks volumes on the difference between seeing Education as a RIGHT, versus it being a privilege. Many of my students came here with their families specifically because they wanted an opportunity to learn, one that wasn't available in their home country.

I'm just saying... Teach your children well at home, that their Education is something to be treasured. There are so many kids in the World who would love the opportunity. When the parents do this, the kids DO listen :)