Confusion

Here we go yet again with politics and things associated with it. I'm talking about this article.

What is it with people? There are other things to concern yourself with. Some folks, as shown here protest one thing. Then there are those who protest another thing in different ways.

Personally? I wish more folks in this country would focus on more things that matter here. Like helping the homeless or something. Getting them off the streets would make things nicer. Or getting crime reduced... or fixing education standards.

Ah, yes, education. I recently read a book about the public school system. Being in private school myself until college--and mind you, I was on scholarship and my single mother worked three (yes THREE) jobs to put us (my siblings as well) in private school--I didn't realize how different the education systems for the two groups were.

In this book (I put it on a link via Amazon since I didn't want the title to offend anyone), it had different stories from parents and teachers with things involving the school system. Some stories surprised me and made me want to beat the teachers, others had me shaking my head at the parents.

Now, books are an odd thing. You protest books, you're labeled a book-burner and things of that sort. However, sometimes, that's exactly what you are. It's great you're involved with your child. Now let's make sure you're not hovering over everything. Should you know what's going on in schools? Yes. But will you agree with everything? No.

My case in point is if you believe in Creationism, you'll protest Evolution being taught in your child's school, even if it's public. Just like you protest that, some people protest certain books. I don't know about each individual student, but I know most children are capable of a lot more than what is being allowed them.

It's just... there are so many other things to worry about, and all people care about is who becomes President and who says what and this celebrity....

And yes, because if I asked about something in the "gossip" column in the news, more people would talk about that then if I mention the fact that thousands of Americans are in poverty. Yes, poverty!

Are we really so shallow, that we'll put gossip in front of education and people's well-being?

I hope not.