It is key.  It seems that more and more societal emphasis is on control these days.  Control your medicine, control your access to open spaces blah, blah. Wouldn’t a more practical thought be to move toward a better control of our kids education?

When I was a little boy, my father taught me how dangerous a gun he kept inside his night stand was. He made sure to infuse the training he was giving my older brother and I, just how dangerous a gun can be. A few years later, my uncle took me out and gave me hands on training, in an orange grove, just how powerful a gun can be. Fast forward, I spent ten years in the Army learning about all kinds of weapons, not just guns.

That being said…

I cannot help but feel that education and discipline need a re-boot…

I also, never want to know what it is like to lose a loved one though some senseless tragedy. (No words)

In my lifetime, I have seen several government leaders speak about the importance of education and how they are going to fund it.  They speak as if it was their top priority, almost like taking out the trash.  We need to demand more from our elected leaders when it comes to education.  Cuts in education, I feel, have reeked havoc in society, again, my opinion.  Can we not agree on something that is not left or right, democrat or republican, black or white?  Can we get past all this polarization? I mean, is it even possible?  We cannot allow this foolishness to continue.  We need to educate ourselves and then educate our children, enrich our lives with all the wonders this world has to offer.  We live in a time where access to information is as abundant as could ever be. Yet, so few take advantage.  If you read this blog, then you have the llaves to the future 😉