Open Letter To Gov. Scott Walker From Wisconsin High School Students

[Hissyspit]

http://www.heyscottwalker.com

Hey Scott Walker,

An open letter from the Students of Wisconsin:

As students, the cuts to state education funding in Governor Scott Walker’s Biennial Budget—as well as the loss of collective bargaining for teachers—will have an immediate and devastating effect on our educational experience, and as such we have a unique perspective on these issues. Students across the state have been involved in the movement in protest of Governor Walker’s agenda since momentum began to build, and we as an affected demographic will not sit quietly or disengage ourselves from these issues. We hold the following:

1. That a strong public education system is not only our right as young people, but is vital to the success of the democratic process.

2. That the reforms proposed by Governor Walker and Republicans in the state government are an outright attack on the solvency and quality of the education system. ...

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In an effort to balance the importance of education with that of having our voices heard, we will walk out of class this Friday, March 11th before our last period of the day. We call for students all across the country to do the same and to take this opportunity to discuss not only the events in Wisconsin but the future of public education as a whole.

Respectfully,

Jesse Banks
Senior at Madison East High School
Coordinator, Wisconsin Youth in Solidarity

Asher Heimermann
Junior at George D. Warriner High School
Coordinator, HeyScottWalker.com

http://www.heimermann.us/meet

[Tansy_Gold]

1. K&R

[louis-t]

2. I hear Obama wrote that speech for them.

signed, Snotty Walkerfitzkoch.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Screw you, Young Proles of Tomorrow." - RepubliBadgers

"Shut up and sit down. We have plans for you -- to pay you squat and work you like dogs to serve the Billionaire Republicon SuckerPuppet Masters. Sneer."

- RepubliBadgers

[emcguffie]

4. Just showed this to my daughter, a high school junior

At first, as she was coming into my room, she was aggravated by the urgency in my voice.

But as she read the post and got to the bottom, a smile began to creep across her face. Now I can't remember now whether she first asked me to send this to her -- she didn't finish doing that, as she noticed the website -- or if she could walk out of school tomorrow.

I'm not at all sure how organized high school students here in West Orange, NJ can get by tomorrow, but I know my little girl is up for it.

Here in NJ, things have been moving in a similar direction.

Thanks for posting that.

[Sonicwall]

5. Didn't we have Asher Heimermann here once

and he was self-promoting?

[Hissyspit]

6. Yeah.

I thought I'd go ahead and post it anyway since it's well-written. That's why I added his "about" link.