Take for example the town hall meetings being held across the country discussing health care reform. Closer to home, and especially my home, since my husband is employed by them, the Jordan School District controversy. After coming home from many meetings, and listening to BOTH sides, Steve has seen his fair share of disrespect for others.
To me the irony is the fact that people are making such a fuss about paying for education. Isn't that a goal of society--to gain knowledge and better our education. I guess as long as someone else is paying for it. The people who showed up to last weeks meeting, showed their lack of education, by coming uniformed, unprepared, and unwilling to listen or compromise. I feel sorry for their kids, for their parents do not value an education and it shows!
To the angry and rude citizens of JSD: Because of the "scare tactics" used in this case, you essentially won the argument and lowered the tax increase. But no, you are still mad. Pay up and look beyond today. Look at what is to come of your actions: bigger class sizes, less teachers, not too mention loosing qualified, skilled teachers who will not want to work for your district. Your children will loose out on programs no longer deemed as essential but an extra, when we all know Arts/Music/Science are an important part of education.
I wonder if you cry out in a temper-tantrum when you go buy a new flat screen tv, snowmobiles and other toys parked in your extra driveway, when your wife comes home with a load of shopping bags, new hair cut, or an addition somewhere else on her body.
As a Salt Lake City tax payer, I am being asked to help pay for your shortage. Do I like it? Not really. But I will do it for the good of the system. If outsiders are paying for your kids education, the least you can do is the same. It seems as if you are not happy until everyone has lost a job and had a pay cut. How is that going to help your problem?
Do you also practice your constitutional right to vote? If you do, you elected this school board. The school board who spends time learning the facts that will help your students succeed.
Life's tough. Reality stinks. Now lets move forward in a productive, civilized manner.
*And that is my soap box for the day! My views do not necessarily reflect my husbands--just saying.
5 comments:
Well put.
OOOOO...I like it when you get mad!
(And I totally agree with you about respect. Why is our nation so lacking in it right now? Aargh.)
Yelling and screaming is better than being a dirty hippie.
Sarah - wow! You are an amazing woman. Way to stand up to the sheepish and short-sighted masses. I have to tell you that I am very impressed with your insight and ability to communicate it. Keep up the great work!
Sarah, my fellow dirty hippie! Thank you for your beautiful assessment.
We recently had a Sunday School lesson on the importance of food storage. I was struck by the take-home message and the parallels it had to our current national debate(s). My church teaches me to live my life with the future in mind. Sometimes that means sacrificing what I may want now for a greater good down the road. That sacrifice may be money (in case of food storage, tithing, etc), or it may be turning away from activities that will hinder my spiritual progress (selfishness, unethical business practices, etc).
Why does the culture I live in (Suburban Salt Lake) have such a hard time seeing that issues like education, health care, and the environment fall into this same category? What we choose now affects our future, and sometimes making the right choice today can be a hard sacrifice. If we truly value our children as much as we profess, isn't an increase in tax on their behalf a worthy sacrifice?
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