My father used to say, "Teaching is a little like playing professional baseball. You get to start a new season every year."
Well, today, the President of the United States (forget his name, his party, his religion, his color) wanted to give a "first day of school speech" to the kids of the nation. People bitched. School districts opted out. Parents kept kids home.
I read the speech. I listened to most of it. The message was "do what your parents, and grand-parents want you to do," "stay in school," "study hard," "do your best," "it's important for you and your country." Now, what the hell is wrong with that.
If we, as a country, as a nation, as a people, FAIL, it will be because we've brought ourselves down.
Today was depressing. A lot of days are depressing.
Onward and upward?? I hope so.
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