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1) Educate and Move Out [by Anonymous Citizen on January 29, 2008]Please forward to Jenny
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That is the great thing about Jenny, she wants to have the most highly educated students. Then the higher education students end up moving out of state to find jobs or better paying jobs. I did that back in 1998 and only moved back in 2004 because of family. It wasn't because of the great job market. I grateful that I have a job that covers from Chicago to Pittsburg in sales. My wife is a local physician. Oh that's right education and healthcare are this states strong assets. Problem, who are we taking care of? The elders move south, we are left with high burden people (welfare, low income, etc;) they don't pay the taxes.
This state will only recover once Jenny leaves the block and takes her social agenda back to Canada.
Jack we need to become a right to work state. The unions are to strong. Taxes are too high! What I pay in taxes should provide us a community like that of Naperville, IL or Barrington Hills. Ranked in the top 5 places to leave in America. Instead we have goverment fat and waste. Part-time Legislature is needed and we need to move to a County Seat like that of Indiana. We only need one Public School Admin for the entire county. Not Gull Lake, Galesburg, Portage, Kalamazoo, etc; too many chiefs. Simplify, the tax payers in this state need to wake up and quit being selfish. The entire Portage school milage was a joke. Portage only needs one school, but the parents and students didn't want to lose their identity. This is what I mean by wasteful spending.
I'm tired and Jack you need to run for govenor.
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IIt all sounds good to allow high school students to attend college after a 2-year requirement fulfillment. It would be an opportunity of a lifetime to be able to finish two years of college before the age of 18.
Has anyone thought of the safeguards that need to be put into place in order for a 16 year old to be in a college-like environment? Let alone become successful without the support of counselors, mentors, and welcomed parent involvement. This piece of legislation sounds good on paper, but does not allow for some real world thought.
This is a huge problem with our decision-makers here in Michigan and in Washington D.C.: they do not think beyond the process of creating laws that make them look intelligent. There is the 'human factor' that they forget to remember. It is unfortunate that the human factor does not rise up in mass to help fashion what is needed.
Why no tackle the root of the problem? Reform how we hire and retain teachers. Authentically evaluate what happens in the classroom. Standardize the curriculum for all students. Teach students in a non-traditional fashion. Eliminate the teacher in the front of the classroom model and teach today’s student with current technology. Allow creativity.
Abolish the ‘my classroom’ atmosphere for a more inclusive educational arena.
Then and only then can we change the way we educate our children.
Since the problem to too tough to handle, we are left with legislators who propose potential solutions that make them sound like they understand. How long will we allow them to continue to hold our children hostage?
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