http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2010/04/22/school-librarians-decry-budget-cuts/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2010/04/22/school-librarians-decry-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Steve G Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:44:34 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=516#comment-119 Kudos to the author of this article, and the librarians who are making their voices heard. Teachers do great, hard, important work and they don’t ask to get rich doing it. Its time for us to take the conversation away from the policy wonks and the ideologues, and make it about what it really is. California teachers, nurses and librarians take care of almost 6.5 million school-age kids every day, rain or shine, 185 days a year. Think about it. Six and a half million kids go to California schools every day, and they have a good, enriching experience there. Sure, schools have their shortcomings, but really, considering what we do, how diverse the population is, how tough the work can be, we do a fantastic job, and society is better off for it. teachers and librarians an nurses deserve better than this. If it means raising taxes a little, so be it. People need to stop whining about taxes. You can’t run a state for free. It costs money to build roads and educate children and put out fires and protect the peace. That’s just the way it is. Deal with it!

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