Most of our society’s problems would be solved if we were taking care of our children the right way.
The
government is limited in its ability to control families but has full
authority to control what is going on with the public schools, and
therefore, at the risk of losing their governmental post should do the
right thing.
What should be done:
• Updating our ancient curriculum
• Distributing all funds equally
I
would like to approach the 2nd point. In most communities today around
the country, funds for school are distributed in accordance with the
location of the taxpayers. This system creates beautiful, well
maintained, well equipped school buildings in area where individual with
wealth live and leave run-down, roof liking, and empty libraries in
areas where families who are already in dire need of financial support
live.
The
result is that many of the children in impoverish areas do not get
stimulated to go to school and learn, instead they get pull sideways and
repeat the cycle of a life that they don’t like and too many of them do
not have the ability to take themselves out of that destructive cycle.
It
is not just the buildings that are not good enough, sometimes it is the
teachers too. Some teachers are more talented than others, more
resourceful than others.
Often,
a good teacher, in an impoverish school, who is able to get the score
of his class up, will, the following year be sent to a “better” school
because of it. It is truly sad.
I
believe that most children who come from disadvantaged families, drugs
infested neighborhood, would love to escape to school every day, if they
were finding themselves in a nurturing and physically healthy
environment. They would do their homework, and they would study, I
guarantee.
We
owe it to ourselves to care for our children. I cannot do it on my own,
but together we can. If we want to get rid of the massive low
self-esteem and self-destructive environment that we see our children
getting into when they are adults, we need to serve them well when they
are children, and that takes willful sacrifices.
Originally written September 5, 2019.