Today, my students were informed that the PTSA at our school was encouraging their parents to come to the school at 6:00pm to write letters to their representatives to inform the representatives what the budget cuts in our state would do to our children, and how it would affect our children. Asa teacher, I know that I have to be careful with my "captive" audience, but my eighth grade students realized themselves that the cuts would cause hardship for them, and be detrimental down the road for them. I think the phrase the Republicans use, is "putting it on the backs of our children."
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