Taking Care of Each Other Through Schools

Today, I read an article titled, A New Meaning for Cutting Classes written by Javier C. Hernandez. Many schools all across America and in New York City are getting budget cuts. Educators and schools need money to achieve higher test scores and better students, but in this economy everyone has to make a sacrifice. After reading this article, it made me think about how much our world struggles. There are so many things wrong, such as global warming and the economy. I think we all need to try a little harder. Step up our game. People need to start helping each other and our world. This reminded me of a story I once heard.

A man has a dream where he walks into a room and there is a large round table with some friends sitting around it. In front of each friend is a large pot of soup and a very long spoon. The people sitting at the table are all very skinny because the spoon was too long to reach their mouths. The man was very disturbed by this, so he walked out of the room and into a very similar room. There was a large round table, and friends sitting around it, there were large pots of soup and very long spoons. One thing he took note of, was that all of the people were happy and laughing. They were all very plump from eating the soup. The people knew that the spoons were too long, so they reached across the table and fed the others.

I love this story. I believe that in hard times, like today, we need take care of each other. “Feed one another,” if you will. In schools, students will need to learn to take care of each other. Just like Mr. Booth says, “warriors take care of one another.” People will need to learn how to be a warrior. In America, we are living the dream. People risk their lives to come live here. We need take pride in our technology, the way we live, and our schools. Educators will have to work with what they have, in the classrooms. And students will need to work along side them.