Where is Our Money?
Greenberg Elementary School
The following is one of a number of persuasive essays from students in Kathy Cohen’s 7th grade class at Greenberg Elementary. They were submitted to the Northeast Times but the paper appears to have ignored them. We think the students deserve recognition for their thoughtful essays on the problems facing our schools.
by Kirsten Banieh, 7th grader at Greenberg Elementary School
Millions of students in the Pennsylvania school districts are hanging by a thread. Where has their money gone? These innocent students are being apathetically stripped of their proper education. You are probably wondering why. Pennsylvania schools have been underfunded for decades leaving lacerations in the education of students. The governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, is putting taxpayers’ money towards other affairs, like building prisons, with the belief that they are more important than our education. This unjust treatment to our education is unacceptable and must be terminated.
To begin with, funding is very important for the students who do not speak English fluently or students with special needs. They need extra help because they lack simple qualities to make their opportunity of learning fulfillable. The qualities they lack force them to rely on teachers and tutors for the support they need. Hold on, there is not enough money coming in right? Then, how are all these teachers and tutors going to get paid? Because of the Where is Our Money? | WeArePCAPS:
Millions of students in the Pennsylvania school districts are hanging by a thread. Where has their money gone? These innocent students are being apathetically stripped of their proper education. You are probably wondering why. Pennsylvania schools have been underfunded for decades leaving lacerations in the education of students. The governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, is putting taxpayers’ money towards other affairs, like building prisons, with the belief that they are more important than our education. This unjust treatment to our education is unacceptable and must be terminated.
To begin with, funding is very important for the students who do not speak English fluently or students with special needs. They need extra help because they lack simple qualities to make their opportunity of learning fulfillable. The qualities they lack force them to rely on teachers and tutors for the support they need. Hold on, there is not enough money coming in right? Then, how are all these teachers and tutors going to get paid? Because of the Where is Our Money? | WeArePCAPS: