Journal 20-A Dead End

The government has been constantly "bullying" the education fund, and public school children. With the constant budget cuts, furlough fridays, and now our school lunch being upped to $2.20. Yes, we are in a recession and money is low, but there are other ways to make up for the low budget. For example, instead of just making schools pay for the budget short falls, why not just up the taxes. Our governor had refused to do so, so now it left teachers with no other choice than to take furlough fridays over lay offs. With all of these budget cuts, all of us students are suffering, and not getting the best education we can get. When there are less days in the week teachers cram lessons and it becomes harder for us to really understand the concepts. It has become harder to keep track of our work and get help when we need it. The constant bullying on the education has to stop. It is just hurting the schools and has given us a dead end.