I know you are out there!

When will the general public ever realize that the longer we waste out time the worse thing will be. It is really not that difficult to take our kids aside and tell them we love them. We do not have to do everything for them but we can lead them down a path that may be better than ours. We do not need to help them self-destruct. In fact, we are killing them ourselves if we tell them how much we want them to be like us especially when all we do not lead by example.

Love works wonders. Show these kids you actually fucking give a shit about them. I have worked with some very hardened young people and have very rarely had any difficulty with any one of them after I showed I care. A little one on one discussion about something that may have slipped out in passing is usually all it takes to get in. Then you have to take them time to actually listen and give feed back that is meaningful not just platitudes. In short, do not just ACT like you care, actually DO care. If you can't do it then get the fuck out of the field and let those who are good do what they do.!!!

Politicians, get over the whole licensure thing. It has a place, yes, but it does not tell the story. I do not have the license to counsel youth, but I have been doing it for 20 years, and very well I might add. I can prove my worth if you had a clue what you were looking for, but you, nor the licensing entities, have any idea, AND paying an exorbitant price to take a test to know the correct terminology, what the FUCK is that all about? I have been a licensed educator from 1990 but do not really have any idea of some of the terms we were told would be the most important, BUT I can still take an 18 year old post adjudicated male in the inner city and teach him something he never thought he could do within a week or less. Fuck your standards!!

Helloooooo...

Is there anyone out there who really wants things to change? I sincerely think not. We have an entire small country's worth of kids every year who get very little from our system as it is. Why in the hell is that? It is because we don't have enough where-with-all to stand up for change. Most of the people in the country would say something like, "Hell, it worked for me and my kids, why should we change it?" Well, for those of you who are in to the status quo, look around you. Look at what has happened to our society, more importantly our economy (and that of the world because of us). What always used to work, people, just fucking ain't working any more. The majority of it is our own damned fault and most of us know it. Just because 80% of kids graduate does not by any stretch of the imagination mean that there is not a HUGE quantity being left behind. Think of the sheer numbers, if you will. We are nearing 350,000,000 people in the US. 20% of that is 70,000,000. Does that look small to you? If it does I want you to be my banker.

Leaving behind 20% of our graduating classes each and every year is something we cannot continue to do. And, testing and or more rigorous whatever is absolutely NOT the only answer as is being touted by some of our political geniuses. In fact few of them are trained educators or have any educational background at all, or, for those that do, have never stepped foot in an inner city classroom let alone been part of one for more than 10years. Wake the fuck up and see that we need some help. Let us start a revolution and put some things right without having to play the race card as is always done. Let us make this about socioeconomic status alone because if we look the world over THAT is the true problem with a person's educational attainment NOT race or creed. Let us move on from here rather than dwell on what has not worked. ow about an entire new way of looking at things, or maybe the old needs a bit of a re-visit. Anyway, the paradigm shift must be brought within our dialogue or we will forever be destined to fail a great many of our possibly best kids.