Re: James Meeks proposes kids skip 1st day of school
Posted by Annie on 7/29/08
I made a typo in the following sentence:
"Senator Meeks call for kids to skip the
first day is not what is best for school." I meant to say
that is not what is best for KIDS.
On 7/29/08, Annie wrote:
> I read this morning that Illinois Senator James Meeks is
> organizing a protest that calls for children to skip the
> first day of school. This is very sad and unfortunate for
> those kids. When thinking about issues that involve kids
> and as leaders in our nation, we should always ask "what is
> best for kids?" Senator Meeks call for kids to skip the
> first day is not what is best for school. If he disagrees
> with the inequality in school funding (which is the reason
> he is protesting it), he needs to call on the adults of
> Illinois to take action, not the youth. Unfortunately,
> Senator Meeks is not a good role model for the black
> community and find it unfortunate that he will go down in
> our history as being a Senator.
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