[Vision2020] Vote no on the school levy

[Debbie Gray]

I suppose slate boards, candles, log cabins and wood stoves WERE 
state of the art equipment back then. 

That argument doesn't do much for me. State of the art medicine 
at that time involved lots of bone saws, chloroform and do-it-
yourself frontal lobotomies (with less than state of the art 
black and decker drills...)  Should we go back to that?

Do you have a spittoon and horse hitching post at your 'saloon'? 
Electricity? Beer on tap? Techno-funk music? Shouldn't we go 
back to state-of-the-art violin polkas with Miss Kitty hosting 
the bar? 

If you don't support the levy, that's one thing. But trying to 
convince people that we don't need educational programs, staff 
and facilities that will enable our children to enter the market 
place and the adult world on levels comparable with the rest of 
the developed world is ridiculous. 

Debbie

On 13 Apr 2005 at 14:49, Shelly wrote:

> Isn't it utterly amazing that our forefathers went to school in a
> log cabin with a little wood stove in the center for heat and
> they were able to learn the 3 r's without a swimming pool,
> gymnasium, track and field and zip on the state of the art
> equipment. So, how did we get from there to here if the
> facilities were so tough? How did anybody learn anything? In a
> log cabin with inadequate heat, no air conditioning and 
certainly
> no state of the art equipment. I think it is necessary to use 
the
> tools for which we do have. It is not about class size. It is 
not
> about the color of the room. It is about learning and the
> children wanting to learn which needs to be installed by 
parents
> and teachers alike. Remember, Abe Lincoln who became President 
of
> the United States, did most of his learning at home by
> candlelight.
> 
> Follow the tide and vote NO on the upcoming school levy.
> 
> Phil Roderick
>