Maybe the Education Isn't as Bad as All That

I have commented on the No Child Left Behind Act before and I still think it is a bad idea. However, recently I have run into some exceptional youth that makes me wonder if the those undereducated I have been dealing with both in the office and in the general public (as well as online) are actually the exception and not the rule. Of course television and movies do help advance the cause portraying uneducated, smart-mouthed, and ill mannered youth as normal, so other youth think they should behave the same way.  I have seen some young individuals who are proving they can take the reigns of our future as a country and have left me with confidence that as long as it doesn't got to hell in a hand basket before they can get where they need to be, then we may be all right after all.

We recently had the Spring General Elections in Wisconsin and you would not believe what has come out of it. In Wisconsin Rapids twenty-four-year-old Zach Vruwink won the mayoral race, in Price County eighteen- year-old Travis Nez won a seat on the Price County Board of Supervisors. I interviewed Nez for an article and he is very impressive; smart, thoughtful, and is absolutely humble stating he thinks people his age in the military have more responsibility than he will ever have. Nice attitude! These two young men have backgrounds, as it were, in politics. Vruwink has an aunt Amy Sue Vruwink (D) 70th District, in the state legislature and Nez worked on the campaign of State Senator Pam Galloway (R) 8th district. Both have visions of bringing industry and thus jobs back to their respective areas. Vruwink is already an entrepreneur with his own technology business and Nez will be attending college for a business degree. Our governments should be run by people with experience in business as government has become a business with money being mismanaged left and right. There are many with law degrees who are in politics and business just isn't being attended to in a fiscally responsible manner. Maybe these two will help their areas.

I also noted that another eighteen-year-old was elected as mayor in Iowa in a write-in campaign. Wow. Granted the town only has seventy-three people, but it's a start. The incumbent mayor only got eight votes. Jeremy Minnier will go to college close to home so that he can carry out his duties for the four-year term.

With these young people at least, and I'm sure there are more, they are showing they are educated and can carry on. Congratulations to you all and best of luck in your endeavors.