The power to reject
Philanthropy: where an external hard drive comes home from a classroom, and you swap your extra one as a replacement.
Don’t laugh. There’s a time-honoured tradition where teachers donate from the home supply of just about everything, to ensure smooth function of the classroom. The next time someone dares to postulate about overpaid educators, I’m going to present a bill. And methinks they won’t like the bottom line. One more part of the oddball economics of public education.
Speaking of education (although I’m not supposed to), the students met with the government, drafted a “deal” and then rejected the same document less than two days later. Either the younger generation knows something the rest of us don’t, or they have the attention span of gnats. Remember, this is how we prove that nothing in life is truly free. Not beer. Not education.
I know, I know. My generation has it all. Huge debts. A tax bill that seems to escalate without pause. A coming generation that won’t want to “take care of us” because they firmly believe we have it all. Do you spot a flaw in the premise. Either I do, or I don’t. My bottom line (that TCO that MBAs like to mention) is thin, and red. Not that I have anything against the colour red, but in finances it isn’t a symbol of joy. When the student spokesperson explains that the government won’t let things get out of hand… I worry. Don’t they offer history courses any more. Yes, the government will let things get out of hand, and you may not like to see what they’ve been hiding in those clenched fists.
