I was driving near our college campus the other day when I came to a stop at a red light. The car in front of me was covered in bumper stickers promoting pro-abortion politicians and sporting pro-choice slogans. But one sticker stood out among them. It had a picture of Mr. Rogers with the quote, “Every human being has value.” I was immediately struck by the incongruity.
My 4-year-old daughter recently tried to use a colander for a puke bowl.
When I recommended that she get a metal bowl and lie down on the couch to settle her tummy, that’s all she could find. Somehow, I feel like this is an odd sort of analogy for nearly every parent and their emotions about education right now. Everything is off, you feel rather ill and the only solutions seem to have a lot of unhelpful holes in them and may be a disaster in the making.
At least, that’s how it feels.