Each morning I see little preschoolers walking into my classroom with expensive designer named sneakers and clothing, yet they live in government housing, where the parents are on welfare and receive a monthly check and food stamps. Most of the time the money is from the mother selling her body or her man is a drug kingpin in the area. The children arrive dirty, tired, and clueless. Sadly, what is taught in the classroom is not of interest at home, so the children grow up thinking education is not important.

Families in this situation are offered the opportunity to attend school -to study for a GED, tech school, or college- and they’d rather stay at home, get high, watch TV, and eventually get pregnant, thereby increasing financial benefits and assuring a roof in which to live. Did I say dental and medical services are provided so there is not a problem receiving birth control when needed. Please hear me when I say every federally assisted family is not like this but many are….I know!

We have got to reach out and help lift as we continue to climb. I know it sounds terrible but as Bill Cosby says…”Come on people”. We have got to stop the negative references directed to those who want better and work hard to achieve it…STOP HATIN’ and get up off our behinds and get busy!!! Get a mentor or be one but DO SOMETHING! WE are losing…us. We’ve got to rearrange our priorities, BUDGET, SAVE, stop trying to dress like these RICH celebs when we KNOW we cannot afford to do such! There’s nothing wrong with comfort and the finer things in life but please….if you have to ask, the simple fact is most likely, you can’t afford it (yet) and that’s OK!!!! In time, if we place our emphasis on education and hard work NOW and be willing to patiently sacrifice and compromise a few things for awhile, we can achieve and live a better lifestyle.

I’m just saying…..

King Jaffe Jofar–”Well, my 4-year old has just mastered his third language–French!. He’s starting Brown next semester!”

King Tut–”That nice, Jaffe but my 7 year old is beginning her studies at Oxford in the fall!”

Martin Luther King–”Oh that’s fine and dandy fellas but my 11 year old just received her Doctorate!”

Obama–”Well my girls will be attending P.S. 4 as soon as we’re settled in at the White house!”

**crickets**

It doesn’t even sound right–sending their children to public school!

They SHOULD go to private school just for security reasons alone.

And why would the Obamas even consider public school?? I don’t think they know the plight of our public school system.

I’m wondering who the other children are and what type of professions are their parents?

Probably generations of old money.

They weren’t born rich. They worked to earn what they have. STOP HATIN’ and do the same thing with your life!!!!