"Their overwhelming concern is ... for the harm that losing after-school and recreation programs will inflict on Black and Brown students across Providence..."
Wow and Ouch ! The residents of Providence are being held hostage. Educators are supposed to bring people up, teaching them to expand their minds, and to question. That is learning. The more we know, the better we can function in a fast-paced world.
What they're learning is that they don't have a seat at the table, that their opinions are meaningless. Nobody wants to hear from them. When someone is told repeatedly that they are worthless, over time, that's what happens.
The residents do have value. They do the work, they are the ones who paid these talking heads to get their own education, and now are paying them a big salary and a title. Our "leaders" deny us the very things they had.
Don't give them the power. Tell them that they aren't smarter, that you want & deserve the same things that they had. Remind them that you will be taking their place some day. Prove that you're worthy. Words have meaning and can be powerful. Act as an adult since children aren't taken seriously.
Demands have to be reasonable so they'll stop and listen. You are not going to win every battle but you pick up the pieces, keep the good ones, discard the bad and revamp for another day.
Show that you're the bigger person. All of us are stronger than we think. Stay strong!
The state takeover has been a disaster and Mayor Smiley does not give a sh... about kids. First thing the school board should do is fire Dr Montanez for obeying Infante Green and then demand the state get out of the way. Providence should institute a millionaires tax to pay for all the stuff that has been neglected over the years as the real estate barons worked to destroy the city.
Thank you and Bravo,Ty'relle. You said it all. This is what is at stake: the children AND their families. Well said!!
Wow and Ouch ! The residents of Providence are being held hostage. Educators are supposed to bring people up, teaching them to expand their minds, and to question. That is learning. The more we know, the better we can function in a fast-paced world.
What they're learning is that they don't have a seat at the table, that their opinions are meaningless. Nobody wants to hear from them. When someone is told repeatedly that they are worthless, over time, that's what happens.
The residents do have value. They do the work, they are the ones who paid these talking heads to get their own education, and now are paying them a big salary and a title. Our "leaders" deny us the very things they had.
Don't give them the power. Tell them that they aren't smarter, that you want & deserve the same things that they had. Remind them that you will be taking their place some day. Prove that you're worthy. Words have meaning and can be powerful. Act as an adult since children aren't taken seriously.
Demands have to be reasonable so they'll stop and listen. You are not going to win every battle but you pick up the pieces, keep the good ones, discard the bad and revamp for another day.
Show that you're the bigger person. All of us are stronger than we think. Stay strong!
The state takeover has been a disaster and Mayor Smiley does not give a sh... about kids. First thing the school board should do is fire Dr Montanez for obeying Infante Green and then demand the state get out of the way. Providence should institute a millionaires tax to pay for all the stuff that has been neglected over the years as the real estate barons worked to destroy the city.