America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln said this almost 150 years ago. What I have seen in education withing the past 10 years, as a teacher, is our increasingly uneducated and thoughtless young people. I have students that shine with intelligence and thoughtful opinion and expression but, they have become fewer and farther between. I believe that this quote of Lincoln's is so appropriate for today. It has always been said that "If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything." And in the same manner of thinking, if one has little knowledge he will believe almost anything. We need to have an education revolution. I am trying to do my part but, I am only one. My children are thoughtful and educated. I wish more parents would take an active part in their childrens education. Parent apathy is rampant. Whoever reads this, take heed. Our culture is destroying itself from within.
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