America We have a Problem

April 8, 2005

AMERICA - WE HAVE A PROBLEM - Anyone paying attention? Taxpayers are getting deeper in
debt due to “Tax and Spend”! Ever noticed all the school buses running all over county with
ONLY three to eleven kids on each one? Yet school officials want to buy more high-dollar buses,
hire more drivers, hire more teachers, and the list goes on. What’s wrong with the “old-fashioned”
school ways when there were 28 to 30 kids in one class with one teacher and yet kids actually
learned how to add, subtract and respect themselves and the authority figures over them. Would
someone, with some common sense, let me know why we have to change what was working with our
schools, back in the “Old-fashioned” days? Does everyone understand that the kids, including
myself, back then were brought up to have prayer in school regardless to religion. We are now
Professionals and Business Owners trying to figure out why the Politicians and Board Members
think “THEIR WAY” is the only way our children learn! Guess What, Folks, it’s not working and
never will! This is definitely not the answer. We are raising a society of children that cannot carry
an intelligent conversation.
Our children are going to be left with a debt that can never be repaid because they lack a common
sense education; therefore, all property taxes must be eliminated. We can put our children in
Private or Home Schools. This is the only way to raise future Americans. They’ll learn the basic
skills, morals, values, and principles, that will get them through life. Our Children and
Grandchildren need role models not “idols”, “cell” phones, “internet and computers”, “tv’s, dvd’s,
etc”. Could this be why drugs and suicide are on the rise?

Shirley deLong
Jamestown, NC
336-454-5040

About the Author

Artist,Activist,Environmentalist. Author of several published articles.
http://shirleydelongartist.com