So today, students finally rose up and said enough was enough. Students across California staged a strike to protest fee hikes in defense of public education. It's a shame that our society's priority on education has fallen to the point where students have to protest to spotlight this issue.
Although normally I don't like to read non-fiction, I am trying to actually follow through with the new year resolution to read all my books that I have (either bought or given as gifts). One of them is "John Adams." And as one of our founding fathers, what were his thoughts on education?
"Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant." (emphasis added)(page 103 of John Adams by David McCullough).
Maybe it's time our government and politicians sat down and thought about our priorities. And I tend to think President Adams was right... education is important enough that no amount of dollars should be cut from it. Make it a priority! Our society's future depends on educating all of our young minds.
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