Race to the Top

Victory celebrations are ringing out across Tennessee now as they are the Big Winners of The Race to the top for Education. Over the next 4 years Tennessee will receive $500 million to impliment their school reform plans.

While I am happy that TN is finally getting the financial help so desperately needed, I still cannot call this a Victory. For to Win this contest, we Tennesseans had to prove that we really DO have The Worst Education system in the Whole Country. This is NOT something to be celebrated. This is also NOT something that just happened over night.

This state has continued to value everything as More Important than education. For generations this state has continued to employ teachers who Refuse to Teach the students, teachers that belittle these young minds, stunting their education now and for their future as they cannot possibly compete in the College entrance exams and have little to no means of getting scholarships due to the fact these school systems have neither the interest, manpower or money to impliment programs such as track & field or debate club which would give these poverty level students the chance to go on to college and prevent Their future generations from being stuck in the same boat.

I am happy to see the leaders of this state Finally take notice of how they are bringing up the Future leaders of this state and Country. The fact that they are willing to get rid of the dead weight teachers is the 1st Positive step.

Just to let You get an idea of how Tennessee treats their students compared to the other states I've lived in, here's a true story from my Daughter's 1st day of 6th grade & Middle school. She walks into class & finds a seat. The bell ring & NO teacher. When he finally does show up for class, he looks around at all the students, then announces: "I hate all 6th graders. You guys are nothing but a bunch of snot nosed kids." For the rest of the year, he refused to Teach the kids, instead choosing to sit at his desk with his feet up and reading the newspaper or doing the Rubik's cube; telling the students that their assignment is on the board & that was the extent of his teaching.
Now my daughter is in 7th and has him again. This time he is not beligerant about Hating them, but he still does NOT Teach the class he is getting paid to teach.

I hope with this new Reform and the Gov't bail out Tennessee will actually get their act together and Realize that the future of Our Country lies in the hands of Our Children. Tennessee's children are the most undereducated and unhealthy in this Nation, which stems from the fact that Their Parents were educated here and unfortunately don't know that there IS a better way.

Maybe now Tennesseans can start to open their minds to the possibility that they do Not have the answers that they have held on so dear for generations. That their way doing business as usual just won't cut it for Our Children.

Without Health & Education these children are doomed to live off the system because they canNot afford to go on to College, to get the degree, to go to work and put money back into the system And make a Future Life for themselves and Their Families.

Thank You Tennessee for having the guts to admit their system is terribly flawed and the vision to rise above this adversity, make a game plan to Help it's children instead of just Allowing this travesty of the education system to keep festering.

Only time will tell if the powers that be will actually use the money to Support the fundamentals to higher education. We all hope so.

Blessings of Peace & Health, Enlightenment & Prosperity to You & Yours!

Barbara A Thornton
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