Not about the end, but the beginning

Over at Sarah”s is one of her pep-talks. Go Read, please.

This one didn’t hit me as strongly as some, but then, I am at the point of ‘what next?’, not ‘what now?’. I have posted about the immigration army (kinda sorta) in the past, more specifically about how these goons are intended to be armed and what to look for (old shorty connex boxes in unusual but centralized locations, usually near an abandoned business complex,,,)

and even that mention doesn’t tickle my meters today. Admittedly, I am exhausted; Usual after work shower wakes me up enough to finish out me day. Not today; Took the shower and 15 minutes later, was passed out on the bed for a power nap. Had a load of split firewood that needed stacked sitting in Buffaloes bed, and I ended up doing that as the light was failing me. WAY EXHAUSTED.

But back to the gist of that article. Immigrant army, the one being sold as refugees by left media, replacement population by some conservative media, and ‘military aged renegades’ by others.

Don’t care,,,, The PtWB haven’t the means nor personel to direct said army, so they aren’t such; they are a rabble, and rabbles only cause problems, not take over societies.

One of the most heavily armed societies at that,,,, So, really, other than isolated pockets of ‘warlords’, that particular FUBAR of our “Leaders pretend” (we pretend they lead,) is not my concern.

My concern is “what comes after”,,, You see, I work with some rather lacking examples of our society, and, from what I see locally, they are ‘the average’: Functional Illiterates, basic math deficits ( can add, with a calculator, cannot figure out what thier paycheck should look like from known hours/known rate,,,,) and completey lacking in other facets of education that SHOULD be mandatory,,,,

The only thing I can figure, when the rebuild comes, these are the sorts that are going to be the grease in the cogs, but NOT key components of the machine. And I guess I should take some comfort in that thought, but I don’t. I feel like mediocre education pulls down the whole,,,

To put it another way; I don’t want to live in the IDIOCRACY movie. And there are days where that is EXACTLY where I see us headed.

I try to work with the guys I have, but,,,, But its hard to UNDO 12 years of ‘don’t give a damn’ educators Indoctrinators. It’s even harder when the ‘target’ is at that don’t give a damn stage, too. And I think that was the meaning of my little six year old girl in a dream,,, Gotta get to ’em early AND they must WANT to learn. Obviously, that isn’t every child, but I do recall one prof telling me, “a TRUE teacher doesn’t teach subjects. A TRUE teacher inspires Desire to learn and only shows the child HOW to learn, not what to learn.” Mentors are the ones that teach the details Granted, at the early stages, there needs be some direction and the basics to build a foundation for learning are key,,,,, But I honestly feel that reading is IT. If a child learns to read for pleasure, the education process becomes self-supporting. Even maths can be ‘self taught’ as one of our famous Physicits displayed (apologies, i can’t recall his name tonight,,,) The key point of self teaching is DESIRE as my prof said: ya gotta want it!

Thats where I start banging my head against the wall. I have that desire, it was instilled in me by 4 key people in my life: one family, three REAL teacheres. Amd as time goes by, I realize just how FORTUNATE I was to have had those four people meander through my existence, because the poor saps I work with, never had that,,,, And they are seemingly out of my reach to be that influence. OR, my character/demeanor/something intimidates them and my efforts are rebuffed,,,,

Or is it that they just don’t give a damn?

In most cases, yah, that last,,,, In one case, I can say it was “not wanting to stick out from the crowd” and the crowd is a low peg in the IQ realm.

So, tonight, I raise a toast to Edna Wright, Ms Goerbel, Mr Sherman, and SSgt Skiles. Honest REAL teachers, I strive to be of their caliber. And maybe with the upcoming ‘shifts’, I can become that teacher, without the stigma of ‘lack of credentials’.