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Originally Posted by wellendowed1911
...If you have massive rallies with deragatory signs and no solutions to fix the problems that just shows you are an angry group- just stating that we need to stop spending and lower taxes does nt solve America's problem/ It's just as crazy as me running on a platform saying we need to creates jobs and get people back to work- talk is cheap- the answer is HOW do we get people back to work and create jobs?? ...
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The only real solution is education. Until we solve our national literacy problems, we can not really address the issues of employment, crime, racism, immigration, imprisonment, health care, corrupt government, or hope for the future. These issues are all really predicated on education, or the lack thereof.
There is no silver bullet. No easy, fast solution. It will take years. It will take hard work and dedication, but it can be done. It must be done at a local level, addressing the neediest among us, with volunteers, money, and resolve from those of us lucky enough to have the gift of an excellent education. We must "pay it forward" to those less fortunate than us.
While the following comments really are towards the poorer districts, both urban and rural, significant improvements are required in our suburban schools as well. We must raise the bar of expectations for all our students. Just like our athletes, the stars don't take the easy path. Excellence is achieved by setting higher standards, surpassing them, and striving for higher goals each day.
The children already in the system are getting the short end of the deal. The older kids, already behind, with a deficit in basic skills never developed in their early grades, will have to face significant remedial work to achieve parity with the better educated throughout the world.
In five(5) years, regardless of station in life, there can (and should) be a complete graduating class of employable young citizens.
In ten(10) years, the new graduates can aspire to any challenge that they can dream.
In twenty(20) years, there will be a new generation that could not imagine the despair and futility that is often present among the young men and women in poverty today.
Too severe? Too pessimistic? No timely solution for the people in need today? How about an Adult Literacy Recovery program, that includes job skill training, under written by the Dept of Education under the auspices of the stimulus bill, starting today? If an adult admits they need help, will show up and work, they could earn a GED or a university literacy certificate (for those with worthless diplomas).
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