yes, we (excluding children enrolled in public schools) can!

You know me and my NYT. Here's a good commentary on education. I was glad I wasn't the only person who read this article and was disgusted. It did however reaffirm my love of Jimmy Carter, who purposefully enrolled his daughter in public school. Seriously people, invest in education and stop putting money into the prison-industrial complex. Especially in for-profit prisons. As someone in my Afro-American studies class aptly pointed out "Wait, if they're for profit, and taxes are paying for them, doesn't that mean we're spending more than we need to?" Yes, we are. Want to know why? Because we don't invest in education and set kids up to fail and then profile them. Did you know that there is a higher arrest (or "suspicion") rate among white Americans, but a higher rate of incarceration/parole/probation (being "on paper") rate among Americans of color. Seriously! Here's a good article I read awhile ago but couldn't figure out how to incorporate until now. It's all about the prison-industrial way of basically turning a profit by exploiting slaves, oops, I mean prisoners. Anybody a fan of Prison Blues denim? "Made on the inside to be worn on the outside." Whatever the website says about it being a great way to make money to save for their release is a lie. They work for wages cheaper than in sweatshops abroad. If they didn't, they wouldn't be using their labor.
Ugh, but I'm off the topic of education, where I started. (Although, it's all linked, so I guess it's okay.) We need to dramatically change our attitude towards education. And that is why, I announce I have submitted my application to Teach For America. Not like two years somewhere is going to magically change the world. But (provided I get in and decide to do it) maybe it's a start.