However one wants to parse it, explain it or otherwise comment on what it is like for a child to live in Chicago and attend the neighborhood public school, it is absolutely wrong that a five year old, seven year old or sixteen year old has to endure the amount of violence in certain parts of the city.
I am tired of the rants about teachers, school reform, the CTU, the CPS Board of Education, the mayor, the police and others who profess to either have the answers or are right on the scene when it comes to handing out advice while not really even coming close to living in such a frightening world.
Kids deserve a chance and they deserve a shot at a better life than what they are facing right now. On the one hand, there is the very real crime of shootings and other violence. Just as critical as these crimes are the ones where the entire community - city at large - allows children to exist in such a state. The latter is just as heinous of a crime as the former.
I hope the day comes when we see the imperative of helping students gain an education knowing that the kids won't have to cringe each time they hear a 'bang' as they walk to or from school.
Dick
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