I come out of my sabbatical to write this morning.
I am close to being done....Just done....
Somehow along the road the plot has been lost and I do not see how we can get back on the road.....
I am saddened by Buna Schools.
Maybe I just should not give a care anymore. I am many years retired. I have traveled the world.
The thing is, when we leave this earth, we should want to leave it a little better, and right now, I do not see people wanting to do that anymore. It is all me, me me.....
Gen Z, Gen Alpha especially see that. The latest polls are saying that to achieve what was the American Dream, well, it is near impossible for them to achieve. And they blame the older generations. And yes, we are to blame.
The internet for what is brings is creating a society that is all insular and all about again....Me....Me....Me.....
Our schools are failing. Don't give me some bullshit that they are doing great.....They are not.
College degrees once the gold standard to the American Dream only leave young people in a form of long term debt slavery and no hopes of getting out of the debt. Much less getting a decent job.
Even STEM degrees no longer pay off like they once did.
Young men have in many cases given up hope. No decent job, no girlfriend, no hope of either, why keep trying, I am better off smoking dope, drinking beer, playing video games....
No one is happy. We don't trust most people.
Don't blame the Democrats.....Don't blame the Republicans..... Blame them both. They work for the highest bidder. And in many cases the bidder wants American tax dollars to go overseas.
28 members of congress are being investigated for sexual misconduct. ( I thought it might have been more, but 28 is a pretty large number.)
We are on the verge of a civil war in this country and it will be a war you, nor I will want, nor really understand when it comes.
America is in a war we do not understand and right now, we can't get out of. No, Iran is not a wonderful place, as I see they have started executing dissidents at a rapid rate, but for the last 40 years I have heard Iran is building a nuclear bomb, and well, India and Pakistan, North Korea have built one in that time frame and we aren't blown up.....
The fallout from the war in the Persian Gulf isn't here yet. The rising gas price is just an economic taste of what is to come.
So.....What does this have to do with Buna Schools?
If you can, get out of the district. Sell out, I know it maybe hard to do, but the ISD is not it once was. I worked like a dog to make it a decent district. Something that I am sorry, no long exists. I somehow am shocked by the number of people who home-school or have their kids in a church or private school. I had one tell me sports are not that important anymore and both their mom and dad who I taught were All-District in various sports. ( I remember...And yes, I still try to keep up with what you do for a living...Your kids, your spouse....But, I don't always get it right....Sometimes I miss, badly...)
( My nephew thinks I need to go on YouTube with a flat cap, a cigar, and an Irish Whisky and cuss, just twist off on world events....)
I love you Buna, I truly do, but you know, for 16 years I have been fighting this fight, writing this blog, many times alone. On that "point" alone.....
Oh man, Dolly just came on the computer.....She's singing " I will Always Love You. "
It is time to step aside for a while.....Maybe forever.....
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