Eric Garay

This bold title may sound very anti-Obama. But, it’s not. In fact, like the majority of the U.S. citizens who are very frustrated about the current state of affairs, I’ve come to realize that Obama is often a bigger pawn in the effort to “affect change” than we thought. Let me explain.

I spent some time at one of the newer local schools in my area and saw how much they are able to accomplish with so very little in terms of budget and resources. Each classroom has minimal numbers of chairs, tables, bins, cubbies, coloring items, and classroom materials. They waste nothing and have next to nothing. The new school doesn’t even have proper working computers that administrators can use to manage the school. Everything is done by hand with massive binders. And, the budget doesn’t allow fixing the old computers that sit in the corner. This school is among the majority of others unable to prepare our children for the future. But, it’s not their fault.

Schools have smaller and smaller budgets every year. Resources and menus continue to dwindle beyond shameful levels. Yet, these teachers (as well thousands of other teachers across the country) practically bleed themselves to achieve their objective. Budgets rarely, if ever, compensate them for their passion which is to simply teach our children. These are the future problem solvers and our own governments are starving them out of school both physically and intellectually.

The question I have for President Obama, Washington state and every government representative around the United States is why are you able to give yourselves raise after raise without our vote or approval, yet getting pennies on the dollar for our schools and children require jumping through half a dozen “legislative” hurdles? Why can’t you operate as efficiently as our school systems? Why does it seem easier to declare war, or spend hundreds of millions on wasteful government projects than to revitalize our children’s educations?

The bottom line Mr. President and company is that you don’t truly care about ensuring that America has intelligent, innovative future thinkers. Our teacher’s take our children’s educations infinitely more serious than you. Right now, you can’t begin to measure up to impressive standards of our schools and teachers. You have billions of our tax dollars being wasted on foreign objectives. Without real change in your priorities, you are destroying America’s future.

Many folks don’t like to think about 9/11. It’s a tough thing to handle for those touched by that horrible day. But, as does all life, we go on. Because, that’s what those who gave their lives in the name of service and sacrifice want. We keep moving forward. Each new day is a day we trample over those who would make us suffer. They may have delusions that it was a victory, but it is shattered as they look around the walls of their demise, hiding in caves like rodents. I salute those who are in any kind of service for the betterment of mankind. Your service is indeed immortal!