Our Country is in an uproar because OUR President wants to let every child in OUR educational system know how important it is to commit to their education and allow themselves an opportunity to provide for a better life.

And what are we doing? Spending countless hours, wasting money, wasting school administrators and teachers energy trying to determine if we should let OUR child hear a message from OUR President on how important their education is to them and the future of THEIR country.

We are woefully behind other nations in developing the next generation of doctors, scientists and mathematicians that will be able to solve many of OUR issues. And what are we doing? We either make it difficult or won’t let them hear motivation and expectations about becoming educated. What have we come to as parents, administrators and educators?

Let’s start paying attention to one of the really important things in life - like teaching our children!