In the middle
of the festivities and good wishes for another year, it was unveiled the final
list of schools to be closed in the city. A total of 54 schools with many students,
parents and teachers whom only have the
promise that will be relocated in other schools.
New York
city and Philadelphia joined in the
implementation of economic measures in benefit of education and childhood,
which means that also these city will be
closing schools. Interestingly, at the same time Chicago announced the project
to build a new baseball stadium and a second nomination be hosting the Olympic
Games, and please, don't take me wrong my
idea... is I am not against sports, because they are an example of human
courage and triumph, but when you spend millions of dollars on a sports complex
and education is denied... It’s wonderful! Let’s say this projects will give
many jobs.
From all
these jobs only 1 child from every million with poor social conditions during
childhood, will win millionaire contracts, due to the luck of a talent unique
to throw the ball or get goals, only one will be lucky of having parents who will support and wait
for years until one day their dreams will
become reality: shine in a stadium full of fans, leading his team to the
glory and signing thousands of autographs, avoiding photographers and having an
enviable life.
How many Gabby
Douglas does live the Olympic dream?, how many mothers would leave everything
to provide that support?, how many parents would give more importance to the sport than
to school?. Usually when we come running after having gotten a goal in an empty
area with no one else m around and say to all lung: I want be futball player!,
the answer is: shut up and get to studying!. who wants a football player?,
lawyers and doctors earn more, you can not dedicate yourself to vague!.
No doubt
the Governors projects have good intentions, since there will be many new jobs
for all those "have the opportunity
of an academic life", there will be jobs for those who build sports
complexes, who sell tickets, those who take charge of security, and no doubt
others will sell beer and donuts during the games.
However, I
need to rub my eyes to avoid seeing Jose
and Mita applying for those jobs. Why do they need to survive to so much
tension with exams if they are going to finish in the long lists of unemployed?.
I refuse
to think that the education system can not have other operating mechanisms, Why
do we need to pay so much money to those
who design tests?, why do we need to pay meetings in exclusive hotels for
higher level directors?, perhaps they not can think in an Office or in the same
classroom where children have to listen to endless litanies?.
I guess I begin to sound depressed... I was one of
many who sought to thousand and one pitfalls to passing the exams, and so far I
cannot say that knowledge is necessary to me.
I think is time
for a chat with Gaby as I start to believe something shady there is in all
this. Although it seems that everyone is happy because our Hockey team won the
Stanley Cup... maybe it would be nice to celebrate those few who found the way to
make from sport a successful way of life, and if you asked them, I would surely
tell anyone of them has needed to answer tests and listened to teachers, their talent
was elsewhere...
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