Not so long ago, there was a pitch from a collection of school principals regarding the issue concerning students of illegal aliens. This collective was/is not in favor of declining the same “education” as citizens, and those whose parents are in the country legally. There are those outside their circle that support this: fair enough, as what are children who are here by way of the actions of their parents supposed to do?
However, for anyone keeping up with the outcomes of education not only within Hamilton County but the United States in general, this debate may simply be a zero-sum game. The strive for intelligence, the virtue of citizenship and knowing our history as a nation, including its ethos, along with the necessity of assimilation seem to be unimportant maxims. Thus, if the aforementioned collective cannot even do what they are paid to do, why add to their count of failings?
Meanwhile, there is another issue that not only has sunk its claws into the schools but the minds of our kids as well. That being, approved pornography in the school libraries and classrooms. Should any parent or concerned citizen be curious about this problem, the information is easy to come by.
As such, postulations from a collective claiming to have a moral authority correlated with the education of students, both legal and “undocumented”, need not be taken seriously. They have done enough harm to our own kids…why compound the damage?
Joshua Card