I knew there was a reason I was feeling so good at the start of this new year, I was so busy I didn't have time to read the newspaper. Today however, I made the mistake of looking at the front page of the LA TIMES while I was burning my toast. There was an idea that the Governator (Arnold) was floating out there about closing the schools a week early to save about a billion dollars. This was an upgrade from an idea he proposed about a month earlier about closing the schools 2 weeks earlier. Don't you just love politicians? They tell the public what they are thinking of doing to see how much hue and cry there is and if there isn't much, it's a done deal.
Anyhow, we are taught as teachers to never lose our temper, lest we be modeling behavior that we DON'T want to take place in the classroom.
The federal budget deficit runs in the trillions and closer to home (CA) we are projected to be around $20 billion. With the mortgage debt crisis, many individuals suffering with the loss of their homes were criticized for making foolish borrowing decisions, though many aggressive mortgage brokers are also to blame. But why blame them or even individuals borrowers? Aren't we just following the modeling of our leaders in Washington?
The federal deficit-- national debt, the giant albatross hanging around our neck - is around $10.6 trillion, give or take a skyscraper. That's $34,852 per person, or so it was when you started reading this blog. By now it's closer to $35,000.
I don't know what the answer is to the growing national debt or the one in my home state. I just wish that long ago, our leaders had the insight to set a proper example, and spend within their the budget and not run into the red. It's a problem that is only growing and at some point we will all have to pay for it, likely with a reduced quality of life. Not sure what that means. I just know it won't be Disneyland.LA TIMES article about the proposal to end the school year early
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