The following was sent to me, and is not necessarily my opinion, but it is interesting to consider what is being said here. Somehow, I don’t believe an English teacher wrote the following, since there is so much to correct, some of which I did correct, but got tired correcting more of it.
Is this the rantings of a racist, or not?
900 teachers just got laid off from the Los Angeles Unified School District, because they are $650,000 over their annual budget.
The following English teacher helps to explain one area that looms large over California's educational crisis.
This English teacher has phrased it the best we've seen yet.
This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent From a California schoolteacher - - -
> "As you listen to the news about the student
> Protests over illegal immigration, there are some
> Things that you should be aware of:
> I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language
> Department at a large southern California high
> School which is designated a Title 1 school,
> Meaning that its students average lower
> Socio-economic and income levels.
>
> Most of the schools you are hearing about: South
> Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc.
> students are protesting, are also
> Title 1 schools.
>
> Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free
> lunch programs. When I say free breakfast, I'm not
> talking about a glass of milk and roll -- but a full a
> breakfast with cereal bar, fruits and juices
> which would make a Marriott proud. The waste of
> food is monumental, with trays being dumped in the trash uneaten.
> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
>
> I estimate that well over 50% of these students
> are obese or at least moderately overweight. About
> 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also
> provides day care centers for the unwed teenage
> pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can
> attend class without the inconvenience of having
> to arrange for babysitters or having family watch
> their kids.
> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
>
> I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department
> or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even
> though there was little need for anything; my
> budget was already substantial. I ended up buying
> new computers for the computer learning center,
> half of which, one month later, have been carved
> with graffiti by the appreciative students who
> obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free
> education in America ..
> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
>
> I have had to intervene several times for young
> and substitute teachers whose classes consist of
> many illegal immigrant students here in the
> country less than 3 months who raised so much hell
> with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"
> (whores ) and throwing things, that the
> teachers were in tears.
>
> Free medical, free education, free food, day care,
> etc, etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled
> not only to be in this country but to demand
> rights, privileges and entitlements?
>
> To those who want to point out how much these
> illegal immigrants contribute to our society
> because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper
> and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some
> time in the real world of illegal immigration and
> see the TRUE costs.
>
> Higher insurance, medical facilities closing,
> higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards
> of education in our schools, overcrowding, new
> diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for
> tomatoes.
>
> Americans, We need to wake up. The guest worker
> program will be a disaster because we won't have
> the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their
> right mind really think they will voluntarily
> leave and return?
>
> It does, however, have everything to do with
> culture: A third-world culture that does not value
> education, that accepts children getting pregnant
> and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses
> to assimilate, and an American culture that has
> become so weak and worried about "political
> correctness " that we don't have the will to do
> anything about it.
>
> If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine,
> forward this to everyone you know including your
> Congressmen and Senators.
>
> CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration
> issue is about?
>
> Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
>
> Consumers don't want expensive produce.
>
> Government will tell you Americans don't want the
> jobs.
>
> But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase
> "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie.
> There is no such thing as "cheap labor."
>
> Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife
> and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or
> 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he
> pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year,
> if he files an Income Tax Return,
> he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200
> free.
>
> He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized
> rent.
>
> He qualifies for food stamps..
>
> He qualifies for free (no deductible), no co-pay)
> health care.
>
> His children get free breakfasts and lunches at
> school.
>
> He requires bilingual teachers and books.
>
> He qualifies for relief from high-energy bills...
>
> If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled:
> they then qualify for SSI. Once qualified for SSI
they can qualify for
> Medicare. All of this is at (our) taxpayer's
> expense .
>
> He doesn't worry about car insurance, life
> insurance, or homeowners insurance.
>
> Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs,
> bulletins and printed material.
>
> He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00
> to $30.00/hour in benefits.
>
> Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or
> $6.00/hour left after paying their bills AND his.
>
> The American taxpayers also pay for increased
> crime, graffiti and trash clean-up.
>
> Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!
>
>
If anyone is offended, then speak YOUR piece, and I'll post it. 
2 comments:
America, the land of the freebies.
Interesting post, I never would imaged to read such thing.
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