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[Moontanman]

That comment was uncalled for? so was his insinuation that some how the Liberal bail out was responsible for the problems we have. Apathy is the problem, it's people who sit around wanting someone else to do what needs to be done. it's sitting around saying "well I can't do anything because the Liberals are screwing everything up or the Conservatives are screwing everything up. We have to get out and try, make noise, it's quite true the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Pamela I know you don't sit back allow your self to be dictated to, i know you don't expect the schools to do the job while you sit back and eat bon bons. Who ever makes the most noise will get the most attention, who ever prepares his kids the best will be the kids who gets the most from school. i never expected the schools to do this for me, it was great when my boys had great teachers but i didn't allow the bad teachers to be an excuse for me to sit back and blame someone else. i took the intuitive and made sure my kids got what they needed. Was it difficult, damn right is was, did it cut into my personal time, damn right it did but ultimately my kids were worth it. Is it more difficult when the school system is defunct, damn right it is but you don't let that be an excuse to whine about the schools, you do something about it. Does it always work out the way you want or it should of course not but if you don't try it will never work out. i know you take the bull by the horns Pamela, if everyone did then the schools would be a much better system, not perfect, but much better. PTA's can be BS if you allow it but sometimes you have to take control of that too. don't like what th PTA does? Organize it, run for office, organize people, don't allow apathy to kill the PTA. We used the PTA to get special classes instated to gifted children, used th PTA to make sure grades were more important than who the kids parents were to be allowed in special classes. Was it easy? no it wasn't but sometimes you have to do what is not easy. does it work out in the 3 or 4 years a kid is in one school no but your influence can be felt for more than 4 years. The programs we helped put through were not started by the parents of the kids who enjoyed the first benefits. It was ultimately the "great" teachers who promoted these things at first and the parents that backed them that got these things done. It takes time but to limit your efforts to programs that only your kids can benefit from are selfish and short sighted, yet another reason our school systems are so bad off. We have to care about children to be as well and the children who are.