Schools and Jails

Public school systems around the nation are in shambles. Our children are not safe and the quality of education has dropped. Yet, millions of us deliver our children up into an environment that is hostile and unpredictable. The benefits of public education are touted as necessary to compete. Speaking out is sometimes met with fierce scrutiny. We are made to believe that sending our kids on the front lines in the war against them is good parenting. When in truth, the public education system is just another government sponsored racket that dumps tons of money into the said system to line the pockets of contractors, administrators and to keep teachers (many of whom are unworthy of the title) on the payroll. Clearly, the negative aspects of public schooling far outweighs the benefits. So why do we continue to leave the problems up to the Educators and Administrators when they obviously aren’t concerned? As a parent I fear for my children’s safety at school. But I lack the funds to put them into a private school or the ability to provide them with a home-schooled education. So like millions of other parents I have no choice but to send my kids off and hope for the best. The fact that I have no choice but to depend on the System assuredly invalidates my worries and arguments to many. But regardless of my position I feel the need to express my concerns about what is going on in these schools. I hope that this message is taken seriously and parents will start to rise up and turn the tide on those so-called educators who sit idly by and let the system decay further.

Ever notice how the Public Education System is similar to the Prison System? The out right comparisons are puzzling and leave me to wonder which was modeled after the other. Schools and prisons are considered Institutions; Schools are institutions of learning and Jails are regarded as Institutions of incarceration and rehabilitation. Prisoners and Students alike are transferred to these Institutions on buses. Both inmates and pupils are identified by a number issued by the Institution. Even the hierarchal systems within the  separate Institutions are similar. Both are topped with an Authority figure who is responsible for the daily operations of the separate Institutions. In school he/she is called a Principal and in jail he/she is know as the Warden. The very definition of the word Warden is, The PRINCIPAL  officer in charge of a prison. Many of the similarities seem quaint and could be argued as being merely coincidental. But when these comparisons are coupled with the environment(s) that result from the systems structured within these institution, the shared characteristic are undeniable.