The world's narcotic economy is based
upon our own consumption of the commodity, if we didn't buy so many
powdered dreams the business would collapse - and schools are an
important sales outlet.
Senator Ted Kennedy's office
released a paper not too long ago claiming that prior to compulsory
education the state literacy rate was 98% and after it the figure never
again reached above 91% where it stands in 1990
in the United States almost nobody who reads,
writes or does arithmetic gets much respect. We are a land of talkers,
All too often, the truly troubled kids that I meet have no adults that they can turn to for support.
As a society, we desperately need non-custodial adults who teens can turn to for advice. Adults who can help guide youth without playing their parents
teachers should NEVER ask a student to be their Friend on Facebook/MySpace but should accept Friend requests and proceed to interact in the same way as would be appropriate if the student approached the teacher after school.