I think too many people state their opinions without this preface: this is simply my opinion, I reserve the right to change that opinion should my education on said subject change or other relevant information come to light. I will try my best to be as educated on said subject as possible before stating my opinion. I will respect the opinion of others to the fullest extent possible without thinking they are morons, unless of course they are morons.
I hope to encourage frank and honest, but open dialogue with this blog.
My own opinions on our city are as follows:
Our biggest problem is education. Education affects everything. If you have good schools, then people want to live here. If you have good schools, people want to bring business here. If you have good schools then the population is educated enough to properly contribute to their surroundings, rather than being a drain on it.
From there- the biggest problem that contributes to education is poverty. I’m not sure what the current poverty count is but I remember reading somewhere that a third of our population in the city lives below the poverty line. When people are more concerned about putting food on the table and simply surviving, they don’t always know that education is what will bring themselves and their children up out of that hole. There are execeptions to this theory, of course.
I don’t know the solution, but I would suspect it will take a combination of people CARING and coming together. People from all socio-economic backgrounds. People from north as well as south Macon, etc. I do NOT think this requires the help of government, but rather our government allowing private groups and churches and other civic organizations to come in and work with educating the parents and children of poverty. To help them put food on the table so long as they work to educate and better themselves, and perhaps a guarantee that once they become educated that they will then give back to the community that helped them.
Just some ideas… feel free to contribute yours!
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- mollywilkins
- Macon, Georgia, United States
- Yes, I tend to be outspoken. But I like to think I respect other's opinions. I have two lovely children who I adore. I'm crazy busy, working full time as well as writing for: M food and Culture Magazine, Macon Magazine, and others as they come along.
As an educator, but not in Macon, I would suggest that the largest problem with education today is educations attempt to hold teachers accountable for other people's actions while having virtually no accountability for the students. All of the standarized testing and the new standards and the push to have the highest graduation rate, fall on the responsibility of the teachers. Also students aren't penalized for late work, or sloppily done work. They can simply redo it or turn it in whenever they feel like it. :) Better accountability for the students and discipline of them would enhance education far more than virtually any other thing that I can imagine. But those are just my thoughts...and my opinion. Thanks for letting me share.
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