News Article
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/01/18/ohio-school-cuts-hours-lunch-art-music
If you guys read that article, it speaks about how a school has cut hot lunch, PE, art, and music from their system. School is also ending at 1:15 pm. The parents in this town are really upset about this and I understand their concern.
The thing is... they kind of brought that on themselves. >_> They didn't pass a levy to get more money into the school system. They felt that the school system needed a change and a change happened. What did they expect to happen? Were they expecting the schools to go "Oh, they cut our budget because our students are below standard. Let's SPEND THE MONEY WE DON'T HAVE and get them better tools to learn with! I know WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY NEW TEXTBOOKS OR LAB EQUIPMENT but things haven't changed that much over the years right?"
I agree that this is a bad idea and shouldn't be happening. However, I know that its not the school's choice. I mean, we all have a budget and we all try to live by that budget. If you need a car to get to work, you're not going to buy the brand new Porsche with all the additional packaging if you don't have the money for it. You would buy the affordable car in your price range. It may not have all the extra things which will make your life easier but you use what you got. The school system is doing just that. Its not that they WANT to cut those programs; its they HAVE to cut them to stay within budget.
The parents do have a point though. Why wasn't anyone thinking of the children? The money being sent into the budget is FOR the students. They could get programs such as music, art, and lunch with that money. Now you're complaining that the school doesn't have the resources? Where was this complaint when they told you that they would have to cut those programs without additional money? Did you think they were bluffing?
Despite what people think, we really don't get into the education system for the money. We're not getting rich off your backbreaking work. Hell, we work more hours we're not paid for. I can personally tell you about teachers who are crashing on the couch late at night b/c they spent the entire day working their ass off to teach your kids. They had to figure out the best way to teach a concept AND MAKE IT FUN FOR THE STUDENTS. And they still don't get to relax on that couch; they have tests and homework to grade, make-up tests to write up for those who didn't take the first test, plan a unit for the next few weeks, prepare back-up plans in case the unit plans doesn't pan out, etc.
Parents, I know you're upset. But stop complaining to us about it. We're playing by your rules; if you don't like it, you can change YOUR RULES WHICH YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW!
If you guys read that article, it speaks about how a school has cut hot lunch, PE, art, and music from their system. School is also ending at 1:15 pm. The parents in this town are really upset about this and I understand their concern.
The thing is... they kind of brought that on themselves. >_> They didn't pass a levy to get more money into the school system. They felt that the school system needed a change and a change happened. What did they expect to happen? Were they expecting the schools to go "Oh, they cut our budget because our students are below standard. Let's SPEND THE MONEY WE DON'T HAVE and get them better tools to learn with! I know WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY NEW TEXTBOOKS OR LAB EQUIPMENT but things haven't changed that much over the years right?"
I agree that this is a bad idea and shouldn't be happening. However, I know that its not the school's choice. I mean, we all have a budget and we all try to live by that budget. If you need a car to get to work, you're not going to buy the brand new Porsche with all the additional packaging if you don't have the money for it. You would buy the affordable car in your price range. It may not have all the extra things which will make your life easier but you use what you got. The school system is doing just that. Its not that they WANT to cut those programs; its they HAVE to cut them to stay within budget.
The parents do have a point though. Why wasn't anyone thinking of the children? The money being sent into the budget is FOR the students. They could get programs such as music, art, and lunch with that money. Now you're complaining that the school doesn't have the resources? Where was this complaint when they told you that they would have to cut those programs without additional money? Did you think they were bluffing?
Despite what people think, we really don't get into the education system for the money. We're not getting rich off your backbreaking work. Hell, we work more hours we're not paid for. I can personally tell you about teachers who are crashing on the couch late at night b/c they spent the entire day working their ass off to teach your kids. They had to figure out the best way to teach a concept AND MAKE IT FUN FOR THE STUDENTS. And they still don't get to relax on that couch; they have tests and homework to grade, make-up tests to write up for those who didn't take the first test, plan a unit for the next few weeks, prepare back-up plans in case the unit plans doesn't pan out, etc.
Parents, I know you're upset. But stop complaining to us about it. We're playing by your rules; if you don't like it, you can change YOUR RULES WHICH YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW!