Dear Readers,

I will go see one more movie regarding the failure of our school systems to educate our children, and then I believe I will proceed to have my own march on Hollywood. I'll listen to one more individual who made and makes embarrassingly outrageous amounts of money from either prescription drugs, or computer software and hardware tell me that Charter Schools are the only answer to our educational woes, and I'll invite them to Roodhouse where they will never visit. They'll continue to go to New York, and LA, and Chicago and preach from their high spots, and they'll never get to see a staff like the one I have or Kristy has, or Debby is part of, work their collective asses off to provide the best education dedicated individuals can provide.

Oh, the movie shows several dedicated professionals, but it never tells the whole story. It doesn't show how mothers in small communities give up precious time with their own families to attempt to work magic with children for whom the politicians in this nation could care less. We are torn apart by "too much government" being touted by the Republican party, and continued regulation thrust on those of us who are hamsters running in the spinning cage as fast as we can. We beg and scrimp for stimulus money and then have to spend so much time being trained to teach, and to account for that money, that we are out of our classrooms for days at a time.

Our children in our small communities are hungry. They hunger for supplies, and the arts, and experiences that enrich their lives, but our local agencies besot by our state government can't even provide the promised funding without robbing Peter to pay Paul. And who are the losers?

Our children are physically hungry. There are no jobs for the parents of our kids, and when there are, they are blasted by the talking heads as entitlement programs. We are not eligible for the free fruits and vegetables program because we forgot to fill out a form, or we are not quite poor enough for free breakfast or lunch.

I don't need to see another movie that will net some billionaire another chunk of change, that will provide him the vacations, and toys that he needs to live a quality life. I'll go to work tomorrow, as will most of us in education, and I'll laugh and I'll work as hard as I can to make it a great day for "my kids". I'll make sure they all get at least one decent meal tomorrow, and they all have a pair of shoes to wear, and .....will Bill? I doubt it.

Have a nice day!

Cindy