900 teachers just got laid
off from the Los Angeles Unified School District. They are $650,000 over their
annual budget.
The following by an English
teacher helps to explain one area that looms large over California's
educational crisis.
THIS ENGLISH TEACHER HAS
PHRASED IT THE BEST I'VE SEEN YET.
THIS SHOULD MAKE EVERYONE
THINK, BE YOU DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR IN DEPENDENT.
FROM A CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
TEACHER - - -
"As you listen to the
news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things
that you should be aware of:
I am in charge of the
English-as-a-second-language department at a large Southern California high
school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average
lower socioeconomic and income levels.
Most of the schools you are
hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park , etc., where
these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.
Title 1 schools are on the
free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not
talking a glass of milk and a roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with
fruits and juices that would make the Marriott proud. The waste of this food is
monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten
(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!)
I estimate that well over 50%
of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or
more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the
unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class
without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family
watch their kids
(MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!)
I was ordered to spend
$700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even
though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I
ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which,
one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students
who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America
(MORE AND MORE OF OUR TAX
DOLLARS AT WORK!)
I have had to intervene
several times for young substitute teachers whose classes consist of many
illegal immigrant students here in the country less than 3 months who raised so
much hell with the female teachers, calling them putas (whores ) and throwing
things, that the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education,
free food, day care, etc., etc., etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled not
only to be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point
out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they
LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes:
spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE
costs.
Higher insurance, medical
facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of
education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc., etc. For
me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
Americans, We need to wake
up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts
to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will
voluntarily leave and return?
It does, however, have
everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value
education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by
15, and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so
weak and worried about "political correctness" that we don't have the
will to do anything about it.
CHEAP LABOR? ISN'T THAT WHAT
THE WHOLE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IS ABOUT?
BUSINESS DOESN'T WANT TO PAY
A DECENT WAGE.
CONSUMERS DON'T WANT
EXPENSIVE PRODUCE.
GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU
AMERICANS DON'T WANT THE JOBS.
But the bottom line is cheap
labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. There
is no such thing as "cheap labor."
Take, for example, an illegal
alien with a wife and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour. At
that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the
year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income
credit" of up to $3,200 free.
ALSO....
HE QUALIFIES FOR SECTION 8
HOUSING AND SUBSIDIZED RENT.
HE QUALIFIES FOR FOOD
STAMPS.
HE QUALIFIES FOR FREE (NO
DEDUCTIBLE), NO CO-PAY) HEALTH CARE.
HIS CHILDREN GET FREE
BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES AT SCHOOL.
HE REQUIRES BILINGUAL
TEACHERS AND BOOKS.
HE QUALIFIES FOR RELIEF
FROM HIGH ENERGY BILLS.
IF THEY ARE OR BECOME AGED,
BLIND OR DISABLED, THEY QUALIFY FOR SSI.
ONCE QUALIFIED FOR SSI THEY
CAN QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE. ALL OF THIS IS AT TAXPAYER'S (OUR) EXPENSE.
HE DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT CAR
INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, OR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.
TAXPAYERS PROVIDE SPANISH
LANGUAGE SIGNS, BULLETINS AND PRINTED MATERIAL.
HE AND HIS FAMILY RECEIVE
THE EQUIVALENT OF $20.00 TO $30.00/HOUR IN BENEFITS.
WORKING AMERICANS ARE LUCKY
TO HAVE $5.00 OR $6.00/HOUR LEFT AFTER PAYING THEIR BILLS AND HIS.
THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS ALSO
PAY FOR INCREASED CRIME, GRAFFITI AND TRASH CLEAN-UP.
CHEAP LABOR? YEAH
RIGHT! WAKE UP PEOPLE!
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE
SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. AND
WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!
THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED
ALONG TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW
DON'T CARE.
THIS WILL BE PASSED ON ONLY BY
AMERICANS WHO TRULY CARE!
God bless,
JohnnyD
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