"Children our our future"...I'm not sure who came up with that slogan, but it is the perfect slogan. No one can argue with that. Repeat it a few times and really think about it.
If you are an older person reading this blog, I hope that you are one who looks not just to your future but also to the future of humanity. I think that one of the hardest things that someone can do is to be empathetic instead of sympathetic, think of the whole instead of the small picture, think of the greater good.
Education should be a high priority for all of us, and it should be a high priority for all of our political candidates in the 2008 election. Let's all try to voice our opinion about education. Hopefully, all of our political parties will embrace the need to enhance our education system so that whoever is elected, good things will happen to education in the U.S.
Read the following article about how a few billionaires are trying to get the word out on Education.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/education/25schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"Eli Broad and Bill Gates, two of the most important philanthropists in American public education...are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race."
"Experts on campaign spending said the project would rank as one of the most expensive single-issue initiatives ever in a presidential race..."
Here is one of their printed ads:
Here is a link to this ad online:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/20070425_eductionAD.pdf
Let's try to be a part of the solution and make education a non-partisan issue.
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I agree fully with the push for recognition and need for change in our education system. I think that this campaign is especially good in that it is bi-partisian and hopefully will bring the issue to the front of both political debates. I am sure it feels good to work for a company that contributes positively on issues like this!
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