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Posted: 8:11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
By Neal Boortz
Received this email from a listener:
| Hello Mr. Boortz, I truly hope this email gets to you as it contains information I believe you should know. I never realized that the school systems were as bad as you often describe until about 3 weeks ago. I am a contractor with (business name deleted). My position within the company involves travelling to county schools in Georgia and installing newly purchased equipment within the schools. About 3 weeks ago I was in Narvie J. Harris Elementary school when I saw a sign that caused me to drop my jaw. The poster read: "Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit." ~Eli Khamarov It was at this moment that I realized everything you were saying about the government schools was damn near the truth. I will admit that I went to a government school in elementary and middle schools from 1993 to 1998...I just never realized the government had gotten this bad! |
The listener has it right .. this sign is actually doing more damage in this school than good. Poverty is a punishment for lack of effort. The school should change the sign to read:
The rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich ... ditto for the poor. |
A sign like that would cause the pitiful government school hostages to actually ask some questions, and if there is an astute teacher around they might get some answers that are worth that day in school.
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