Thread: Education as a Poseidon Adventure (Want ticked off?)

Education as a Poseidon Adventure
...the whole thing is upside down!

By An American School Teacher



As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration there are some things that you should be aware of…

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language (ESL) department at a large southern California high school, which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socio-economic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc. - where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.

One hundred percent of the students in this school and other Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll - but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud.

The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK). [The government rules forbid rescuing any of this food - even sealed milk cartons or fruit.]

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones.

The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

So you bleeding heart types just want to 'live and let live'. Well as long as you've so much money and concern for the poor and down-trodden of the earth, then maybe you should take a look at this.

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial.

I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center; half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)



I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"(whores) and throwing things, that the teachers were reduced to tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To my bleeding-heart friends who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, Medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc., etc. As for me, I'd be glad to pay more for my tomatoes.

We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it.

Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return?

There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal way.

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about "politically correct" that we don't have the will to do anything about it.





Editor’s Note: The author identifies some of the results of how a political system can over time impact culture, attitude, and behavior. In disagreement with the author, I would suspect that this youth culture did not COME FROM the origin country, but was learned here. The bigger picture is, in my opinion, NOT that "legal" immigration is somehow more noble than "illegal immigration" but that the Welfare State attracts a different class of immigrant than an opportunity state......as well as corrupts otherwise well-intentioned immigrants. The lack of personal responsibility in America transcends across ethnicity and, in part, helps enable the growth of impersonal corporate America and government bureaucracies.

http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=11030

This is just so disgusting. I don't even know what to say anymore.