The Eight Mile Rock Fiasco

For those of you who have been following the story of what is going on at Eight Mile Rock High School you will know that this situation is a potential powder keg. If this situation is not handled carefully it could become major blemish on this administration's tenure. I do know that there is blame enough to go all around.

It is my hope that calm heads will prevail and that the problem is brought to a speedy solution before the education of the students at that school is adversely affected. God knows they can ill afford to miss the days of school that they have already miss much less more days.

Since it is the responsibility of the government to educate all children between the ages of 5 to 16. I think that it is time that the government takes a serious look at ways of procuring additional financing to equip and maintain the schools. It may well be time to ask parents to help by paying some sort of "fee." Everybody knows that there is no such thing as "free lunch."

As a teacher, each year I spend my own money to purchase the necessary tools to prepare me to do my job. I wish I didn't have to, but the reality of it is that if I don't I will go without. So the choice is clear.

It pains me when a parent who hasn't yet purchased the required workbooks shows up at my door with manicured nails and coiffed hair to "explain" that she is not working and cannot purchase the books and could I please make copies of the pages for her child. It is high time that parents begin to take more responsibility for the children that they have decided to bring into this world.

I welcome your thought.