Waiting for Superman Journal Entry

            Having recently watched the documentary, Waiting for Superman, it saddened me that today’s school systems are so poor in performance and lack the means to provide due to lack of funding.  Poor school performance and low funding, generally speaking, makes for a poor education for the young people attending the school.  I believe that charter schools are great idea to help the children of lower income areas to get the best education they possibly can.  It was very sad to see that the schools had to choose who attended by a lottery system to make it fair to every child who had applied.  It was very hard to watch the children featured get passed over in their hope for a brighter future by getting a ticket in except one.  I cried for the families whose children did not get selected and rejoiced for the one who was.  Having two stepchildren who are getting a good education makes me feel fortunate.  The public school system in Clay County is not superior by any means but both schools that my children attend are “A” schools by academic standard.  Every child deserves a chance for a great education so that they may rise about the poverty or the less fortunate circumstance from which they come.  If your child tells you about their dream of what they want to be when they grow up, help them achieve it.  It sickens me that teachers cannot be paid on performance.  If your child has been lucky enough to have a teacher that goes the extra mile to make sure they are learning everything they are supposed and more, then I feel they should get that extra incentive.  Many other fields of work base their pay on experience and performance, why not teachers?  Why not those who are molding and teaching our children?