Response to: Teachers Today Challenge Tomorrow

America's teacher's futures are once again being threatened with mass budget cuts. In Deserah Alvarez's post titled Teachers Today Challenge Tomorrow,  she explains the uncertainty of our future generations as a result of today's teachers facing more and more challenges in the workforce. To read her blog post, click here. She adds that teacher's salaries are being cut, jobs are being lost, and negotiations with pay raises and pensions are no longer being considered.  The most noticeable she states, is in the state of Wisconsin, although, this has been a national problem for years.  I agree with Miss Alvarez that there is a dire need for budget reform in our educational system.  Why isn't there a better policy in place for education?  Teachers have an important job in shaping our future youth.  Without the resources available to our educational providers, the future appears to be uncertain. As Miss Alvarez says,

"Our children and younger generation are the most important thing in the world so why wouldn't America want the best, no matter the cost"

I have to agree that education is not the place to be making drastic cuts.  This will ultimately lead to a massive drop in the supply of future teachers resulting in a youth that is poorly educated.  Do we really want our country being perceived by others as the dumbest country in the free world?  Unfortunately, teachers have been getting "the short end of the stick" for years.  This has caused a decrease in performance in many teachers causing less patience with students and perhaps, a loss of love for a career that was once held ambitiously.  Teachers have a very important job and additional allocated funds should be contributed by the Federal government and better handled by State and local governments to provide a proper educational foundation  for our youth and fair compensation for the teachers. Miss Alvarez's blog posting sums up the painful reality of how neglected our educational system really is.  I mean c'mon, do we really want Bart Simpson for President one day?