I've always felt bad for poor people in the USA. Not to minimze the poor that we have here in Canada, but in the U.S. it seems they face greater hardships: no healthcare, pitifully underfunded public education, very few labour protections, no legally mandated vacation and a regressive tax system.
Ironically, these same people are the most generous givers as a proportion of their income.
Speaking of underfunded public education, today's the big day in District 14. I don't understand how the government thinks struggling children can learn without access to books, teaching assistants and behavioural intervention. Since when does economic stimulus not include maintaining jobs in the school system? Is it election time yet?
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"As far as literacy goes, there's been a 28 per cent increase in the amount of money for new library books, even though we are asking districts to do less with the people who manage those collections," he said. "I think more books and preserving the in-class resources with teachers are the right areas to protect first."
Because you know how kids are, they just love to take the time to look through a stack of books with no direction. COME ON!! We all know that it is NOT ENOUGH to put books in front of kids and expect them to read. They need people to help them get excited about books. Marlene Hathaway at Bath Elementary is a great example of this - she did Hackmatack Club as well as other contests, and did a great job picking out books for kids.
Who will be purchasing these books? When I interviewed the library assistant at CNHS for a school assignment she told me that the majority of the book budget went towards materials choosen by teachers, which takes in things like instructional videos to be shown in class. So pardon me if I am a little doubtful that these resources will be of a direct benefit to the kids.
I could go on but I will close by encouraging everyone to contact the Premier and/or your local MLA and let them know that we will not accept this without a fight!
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