One of my favorite quotes, by Theodore Roosevelt:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 at the Sorbonne in Paris

Thursday, August 25, 2011

The truth about schools and lottery money

So, we all know, at least here in San Antonio, that schools are laying off teachers. And I thought, wait a minute, what about all of that money the schools are suppose to be getting from the state lotteries? I asked my dad, the genius and he set me straight. So I looked into, and found out very little ends up going to the schools. And what does go to them only replaces what they would have gotten anyway from taxes, so that the taxes go somewhere else. In other words, education is still a low priority and society is obviously paying the price. At least a few of these individuals who get short changed by the school system have a chance at the lottery some day, right? Here's some details form CBS news, if you're interested. Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?

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