The bad news is? The sky has already fallen

Here we go again. If the school levy fails the sky will fall. Well guess what? The sky has already fallen. Folks here are losing their homes at record rates, jobs are evaporating like snow in July, and to further their vision of Bonner County being a playground for the rich, our “leaders” are working overtime to heap more taxes on an already overtaxed citizenry.

It may come as a surprise to some but the purpose of an education is not to get a good job. The good news for a sophomore at SHS is that by the time he or she graduates, the minimum wage will be $14.50/hour. The bad news is a Big Mac will cost $37.75.

We have created an educational Maginot Line in this country. We won’t need computer operators, we’ll need farmers, those who can raise livestock and produce alcohol fuels. We’ll need herbalists, mechanics and poet warriors.

In a future none of them asked for and few can envision or understand, our “kids” will need to have more in common with their counterparts who lived and fought in 1776, and less with the spoiled, self-absorbed, text-messaging teenagers of today.

CORT GIFFORD

Sandpoint