Education is very important in very society around the globe.  Today education is more important than ever; however, I believe that our “leaders” have lost sight of the true goal of education. I have a step-daughter in the public school system, and I am so disappointed in the recent changes that have taken place.  Every school system is complaining about being broke, and not have the funds to educate our children.  That being said, when I found out how much payroll has spent for these “leaders” of the school system; I became utterly appalled.  I recently found out that the main school system that cries the most for more money has been paying its superintendent $200,000 per year!  This isn’t rocket science people!  You want more money for the schools, cut the payroll of these “leaders” down to a normal salary, or better yet, make them live on what they pay the actual workers that teach our children.

On another note, we have had some issues with the teachers in my daughter’s school.  You just wouldn’t believe the emails that come through from those people that are in charge of educating our children.  Half of them can’t spell, and they send out emails to parents because they claim our children don’t pay attention in class, nor do their classwork.  I know we can punish our children for this, but really; if you can’t control your students, or convey to them that you are an authority figure, then maybe you need to reevaluate your career path.

This is my step-daughter’s second year of high school, and I really don’t understand what has happened in the past few years.  High school is not high school any more, it has regressed to an extention of middle school, or sometimes even elementary school.   The faculty has stopped treating these kids like young adults, and are still treating them like children.  It is about time that they realize they are not preparing those kids for the real world, so when the real world hits them, it is going to be like a ton of bricks smacking them right in the face.