My Hometown
As I was heading into my hometown this weekend, something struck me. They’re building a Bass Pro that is (I think) bigger than my high school. As I thought about it, there’s also a so-called “Mega Church” in town that is likely to be larger than my high school. The local McDonald’s has two drive through lanes. It’s a disturbing trend. I’ve never been a fan of my hometown, mostly due to the rampant intolerance I experienced while living there, but they seem to embrace more and more of the values that are opposite of my own.
I could say the same for the whole of the United States, too, I suppose.
I’m of the opinion that there is nothing more important than a quality education. If you think times are tough now, just wait until the children of these times come into power. The best is yet to come. The whole of a community should be focused on the education of the young. Call it a social responsibility. I sometimes think back to some of the classrooms I was forced through in that town. More than one held mops and cleaning supplies before it held students and teachers. To watch the construction of an enormous store dedicated chiefly to the killing and deep frying of animals that’s miles away from anything but an on ramp and a few gas stations is a tragedy. The way we’ve structured our priorities in this country is a joke that we’re all living everyday.
December 19th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Rossford education is a fucking joke.
You’d think in a town full of over-privileged white jackasses they’d have better public schools.