My comment to an entry 'I think I've wasted 16 weeks of my life' by cornerofmadness
It's not good here either, in most of the U.S.A. the gop has deliberately slashed education funding because it's so easy to manipulate ignorant citizens .
Some think that charter schools are better, it turns out that in most cases they're no better and often worse .
My son (now 41 YO) went through the Pasadena, Ca. education system from age 8 to high school graduation, during this time we had a less than 50 % H.S. graduation rate and very poor literacy .
From his first day in grade school (L.A.U.S.D. where we luckily had a great teaching staff) I was right behind him in spite of the fact that I'm not well educated .
I knew his success in life depended on getting a good education so I worked with every teacher and administrator I could and buffaloed or bullied the rest, he was a 4.0 GPA student and graduated with honors out of a class that only graduated 45 % .
YOU ARE IMPORTANT ! .
Society depends on people like you who refuse to accept less .
I now take in inner city Foster boys and try hard to teach them the value of a good education and a wide world view .
What you and all other educators do is back up what I try to impart .
The most common thing they tell me is : you're the only adult who speaks to us honestly .
They usually also mention I'm the only white person that treats them like they matter, a sad thing indeed .
Keep up the good works please .
-Nate
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