I'm going to try to keep my blog posts updated weekly, but some times I will get busy. This was one of those times with the Tropical Storm that came through, Labor Day, and back to school events I got lost last week. But this past Sunday I was able to re-group and remember. Remember why I teach (to raise the next generation), remember why I work so hard (to raise my next generation), and remember why others have made sacrifices (to raise OUR generations). Between Labor Day and 9/11, this has been a week of thanks. Thanks for all of the sacrifices that give us all of our freedoms. We live in a country with many problems, and no one citizen is going to fix them but one citizen can bring awareness to an issue and we can all work to fix them.
Whether you defend the rights of athletes to stand, sit or kneel during the anthem or do not is irrelevant. Colin Kaepernick won't fix injustices. Whether one of my students says the Pledge of Allegiance in class to start their day or chooses not to is irrelevant. He or she won't fix injustices. This country needs to recognize its strengths and weaknesses, as any good team will do, and play to them. If we have race issues, address them... don't ignore them. If we have financial issues, address them... don't ignore them. If we have ethnic and religious issues, address them... don't ignore them. Right now in Science we are learning about Diseases and Pathogens. We are learning how they spread and how to handle the different ones. Zika is the one on the kids minds right now, just as Ebola was the last few years. We address these concerns directly in class, education is the greatest weapon and dealing with lack of knowledge head on usually puts minds at ease. As I said, Zika was the big issue in class so we had a jar of mosquito larva and watched them hatch. Learned about Zika, parasites, vectors, and how to protect ourselves. We need to do that in life as well. Address our issues, bring them to the front. No country is perfect, but we can work to make ours better. Thank you to all that have served to protect our freedoms, thank you to all that respond first to disasters, and thank you to all that have worked hard to create a labor force where hard work is encouraged and rewarded. At HJ MacDonald, We are One Vision, One School, One Squad!!!
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