All are generalizations and involve a good deal of stereotypical characterizations. Are you suggesting that We is the same as a stereotype, a generalization or a prejudice?

I have always thought of We as the third person or plural of I. If I understand your suggestion, you are suggesting that I see everyone as an individual and not as a group. If that is so, I am sure you are right. One should always feel the best possible thoughts about Scott Haggerty, a politician, who is under investigation for fraud and significant irregularities. He should be thought of as an investigated person and not as a privileged politician who uses his authority to flaunt the law and abuse his constituents. The issue is really about Haggerty the man and not that he is a corrupt long term public representative. Now I think I understand your point, but when it is applied to Hayward, well it seems we either select mean spirited spineless people for office who follow the corporate money that put them in office or they become corrupted to be the voice of the money that selected them.

We need to quit thinking in terms of whole classes of people and begin to see that people within classes are individuals who are different from one another. Then we must treat them accordingly. For example, not all administrators are evil, not all teachers are bad etc. Then instead of making broad generalizations that hurt the whole class, we can actually improve our system by selecting the ones we like. We cannot afford to arbitrarily dismiss good people just because they belong to a class of people. Good people exist in all classes and we must seek them out and learn to see them as they are.

I think giving pink slips to a whole class of people regardless of their individual differences is very ignorant. It’s an answer that can only come from someone who cannot tell the difference between someone who is valuable and someone who is not. Do we really want to chase away the good ones? Let’s show a little gratitude! Do we really want to agitate the whole community in that way?

In the case of the Senior Staff working at the district offices, perhaps they should be replaced. Clearly with all of the struggling schools in HUSD, the top administration has not been done their jobs. No matter how much money is thrown at this district the leadership has consistently failed our teachers and students!