Well, I'm finally going back to school. Well, sort of. I am taking some online courses through our local technology center here in town. What could it hurt? It will definitely benefit me here at my current job, and will also most likely help me in the long run as far as my resume goes. My first class is this Wednesday and I am excited! My work is helping me pay for the courses since they are work-related. Finally, I am taking classes that actually pertain to what I am going to be doing! Not like taking all that algebra and geometry mess that I never use! YUCK! Just thinking about the memories of those classes makes me sick to my stomach!
On a completely different subject, I have received some interesting comments to my latest post. I am glad to see that it affected some of you. I learned in talking to my husband's brother-in-law's stepmother (did I say that right?) that there is quite a battle going on in one of our states over this very issue. Well, from what I gathered, the issue is about where kids are allowed to attend school and where teachers are allowed to teach. Everyone wants the best education for their kids, but most cannot afford it. So, the kids who are attending the school in the poor neighborhood are not getting as good of an education as the kids who live in the rich part of town with the higher quality teachers. So, some parents and teachers are pretty upset over it. Apparently, some teachers from the "nice" school are having to go teach at the "poor" school and vice versa and it is causing a lot of commotion.
It really is sad. I mean, is it any child's fault where he is born and where he grows up? See, this is exactly what I meant in my post. I don't know if it is like this in every state, or if it differs from city to city, but in our fair city where I live, our neighborhoods are divided into wards and wherever you live determines which school you are supposed to attend. So, there is the richy, snob junior high, the mixed junior high, and the junior high on the east side of town. Most kids who go to a certain elementary school in the rich part of town attend the richy, snob school. So, these kids know each other all of their lives. That all changes though as soon as everyone gets to high school 'cause then they're all jumbled into one big class. In order to avoid all this mess, people send their kids to either the private school, or several that are almost out of town or are out of town. This causes division in churches though when most kids in the youth group all attend one school. If there's one or two kids in the group who go to one of these "outside" schools, then they don't fit in. GEEZ PEOPLE! Cut it out and grow up! We're all people and we're all the same on the inside! We all bleed the same color and we all have brains and feelings! Leave each other alone and just BE KIND! As the old saying goes, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Think about it!
On a completely different subject, I have received some interesting comments to my latest post. I am glad to see that it affected some of you. I learned in talking to my husband's brother-in-law's stepmother (did I say that right?) that there is quite a battle going on in one of our states over this very issue. Well, from what I gathered, the issue is about where kids are allowed to attend school and where teachers are allowed to teach. Everyone wants the best education for their kids, but most cannot afford it. So, the kids who are attending the school in the poor neighborhood are not getting as good of an education as the kids who live in the rich part of town with the higher quality teachers. So, some parents and teachers are pretty upset over it. Apparently, some teachers from the "nice" school are having to go teach at the "poor" school and vice versa and it is causing a lot of commotion.
It really is sad. I mean, is it any child's fault where he is born and where he grows up? See, this is exactly what I meant in my post. I don't know if it is like this in every state, or if it differs from city to city, but in our fair city where I live, our neighborhoods are divided into wards and wherever you live determines which school you are supposed to attend. So, there is the richy, snob junior high, the mixed junior high, and the junior high on the east side of town. Most kids who go to a certain elementary school in the rich part of town attend the richy, snob school. So, these kids know each other all of their lives. That all changes though as soon as everyone gets to high school 'cause then they're all jumbled into one big class. In order to avoid all this mess, people send their kids to either the private school, or several that are almost out of town or are out of town. This causes division in churches though when most kids in the youth group all attend one school. If there's one or two kids in the group who go to one of these "outside" schools, then they don't fit in. GEEZ PEOPLE! Cut it out and grow up! We're all people and we're all the same on the inside! We all bleed the same color and we all have brains and feelings! Leave each other alone and just BE KIND! As the old saying goes, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Think about it!
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