New York Times: “Occupy the classroom”
While protesters continue to rally nationwide against what they call corporate greed, the real structural inequalities lie in education. That’s the argument of Nicholas D. Kristof, writing yesterday in the New York Times. It’s time, he says, to “occupy the classroom.”
“One common thread, whether I’m reporting on poverty in New York City or in Sierra Leone, is that a good education tends to be the most reliable escalator out of poverty,” writes Kristof. “Another common thread: whether in America or Africa, disadvantaged kids often don’t get a chance to board that escalator.” What do you think?
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August 6, 2012 at 2:54 am by Cheethugs. I thank God that the National Guard and other American soldiers renfaired from returning fire. Regardless, civilians are NOT qualified to perform Search and Rescure operations in hot zones even if the enemy are American thugs.* FEMA (and other Federal Authorities) *cannot* get involved until the Governor specifically requests it. This is a (potenitally legitimate) hold over from the Civil War. The LA Governor was probably too busy crying in press conferences to actually initiate these requests.* The State/Local authorities had the resources (aka buses) and the written plan to evacuate the city, but they failed to implement it even *before* communcaitions broke down. Instead, individuals stole the buses and rescued their neighbors. Theft is bad, but letting people die is worse.Now personally, I disagree with most of what Guiliani stands for but on 9-11 and immediately after, it seemed like he had things under control and *most* of the people working under him from the police precinct all the way up seemed to have a clue on how to operate somewhat independently. When he made public statements, he inspired confidence and managed to rally the men on the ground
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