Mark Twain said something about if you don’t read the newspaper you’re uninformed but if you do you’re misinformed.
I’ll try not to misinform. The question of ACC in Hays County needs some facts. The U.S. has fallen from first place in percent of college graduates in the world to twelveth while China has quadrupled their graduates in the same period. Singapore, South Korea and Finland have the best schools in the world. They recruit from the top one third of students to become teachers. The U.S. recruits the top for Wall Street and gives them millions of dollars in bonuses.
Could this possibly be a clue to something?
Because of the lack of tax money from the people with the funds to pay, the infrastructure is crumbling. This is most evident in transportation but probably more detrimental in education. The loss of teachers because of lack of funding for education is only one symptom. A lack of dedication by parents and the general public may be more devastating.
Yes, it will cost some money to get local ACC classes but there are a lot of plusses. Some of the people complaining no doubt made a lot of money from the previous infastructure. Eisenhower’s interstate highways or Roosevelt’s PWA school houses were paid for by tax money. The top tax bracket under Eisenhower was 90 percent and the payers still accumulated more money.
One in about 12 college graduates are unemployed but it’s about one in 4 high school drop outs. Let’s build up the educatiom system not cheapen it.
Hays has wonderful schools. Let’s keep up the good work on the collage level also.
Albert Busse
Uhland
