Pencils Down! Schools kind of know what to do
Posted by breadwinner on March 3rd, 2009It’s a bad news-turned-decent news situation. A lesson in making lemonade out of lemons.
It’s no surprise that U.S. public schools are feeling major strain thanks to the current economic downturn. Yet according to the Wall Street Journal, unlike all the wimpy-ass companies who received billions and still begged for more, not only have the schools been appreciative of their bailout, but they’re already working toward making the most of it. The public school systems received $100 billion of what I’ve been referring to as “The Big $787” which will be divided among early childhood, K-12 and higher education.
Maybe she'll tweet the answer on Twitter...
The U.S. budget is equal to X. Solve for X.
So here’s a thought: since the schools are managing to actually function these days while effectively utilizing their bailout funds, let’s give them the opportunity to help fix our broken system. Let’s give kids in AP calculus a chance to think up a solution or two. Have others hash out our country’s problems via debate club. Turn home economics class into American economics class. Because legislators with effed-up taxes, big, whiny companies, and well, everyone else claiming it’s not their fault really don’t have or deserve our trust right now. I’m willing to bet that kids — unclouded by ridiculous politics, rabid lobbyists, jaded attitudes and Rush Limbaugh — could come up with some really good solutions. And we’d all learn a little something in the process. Plus, as father figure Bill Cosby has found, sometimes kids come up with things you wish you had thought of.
Tags: bailout, bill cosby, pencils, school, wall street journal
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