Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Education: our lowest priority
If you live in Georgia, you (or your kids) are not in school today. Why? The governor decided to close schools for two days, in order to save gas.
I'm all in favor of saving gas, especially when supplies are short due to the hurricanes and other events, but isn't the real message here that missing a few days of school doesn't matter? The governor could have declared a state holiday, with all government offices closed. He could have asked businesses to close. But government offices and businesses are important. Schools aren't.
I'm all in favor of saving gas, especially when supplies are short due to the hurricanes and other events, but isn't the real message here that missing a few days of school doesn't matter? The governor could have declared a state holiday, with all government offices closed. He could have asked businesses to close. But government offices and businesses are important. Schools aren't.
// posted by Steve Ritter @ 10:30 AM 
