Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The Problem Is Not The Schools. The Problem Is Public Schools At All.

It’s a rare week when at least one school in the local school district doesn’t call an ambulance. In my childhood if an ambulance had shown up at any school in the district, it would have been the talk of the town for months. Today? It’s practically ordinary.

When I was teaching college, I had to have training in cleaning up body fluids, because of AIDS and infectious diseases, etc. My wife, who works in the school district administration building, has had to take the same training. Teachers have to keep epi-pens available, have to watch for parents not to bring food for the class with peanuts, or gluten, or any other allergens.

When I was in school, parents didn’t even worry about kids having too much sugar in the cupcake icing. But times have changed, and ambulances that used to be no more than station wagons with a siren are now rolling ER’s. We expect more, and get more from healthcare, than we once did.

Moms for Liberty makes about as much sense as MTG on the floor of the House.

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