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Government school kudos

You all know how I hammer the government school system bureacracy and its unholy alliance with the teachers union (among its other flaws).  Well, never let it be said that I don’t salute them when they (or any of their board members) deserve it.  From Osceola County, FL:

Osceola county school board member Jay Wheeler isn’t making any apology for his email.

“I told the truth!” Wheeler said. We asked, “Did you at all think that might be insulting to some?”  Wheeler replied, “I thought it might be a wake up call and I think it’s something people want to say but were afraid too.’

A little more than a week ago, the Osceola County School District decided to implement school uniforms. Since then, he says parents have complained saying they can’t afford the new clothing.  He disagreed with parents and fired off an email to them saying:

“Everyone can afford Wal-Mart and if they cant they need to think about turning of their cable TV or stop buying alcohol or cigarettes and spend their money on their children.”

Oh my god! That was the response of Maria Quintana we she saw this letter. She was speechless. At first and then she finally found the words, “it is insulting. I have to go to school, I have a job and sometimes it’s really hard you have to struggle and to have them say something like that is really degrading.”

But Wheeler doesn’t care; he says its time for parents to focus on their kids. Saying it’s time to stop being politically correct and start being serious about education.

Finally adding, “I just told the truth and parents need to take responsibility and put their children first!” …

Amen, sir!  Way to go, Wheeler!

Here’s something else that needs to be said but rarely is: if you can’t afford children, don’t have children!  There…free advice, from CLOWNS (Crush Liberalism Objective World News Service)!

April 29, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | Florida, public education