Written by a CA teacher..... This should make everyone think, be you Democrat,
Republican or Independent
From a California school teacher -"As you listen
to the news about the
student protests over illegal immigration, there
are some things that you
should be aware of:
I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language
department at a large
southern California high school which is designated
a Title 1 school,
meaning that its students average lower
socioeconomic and income levels.
Most of the schools you are hearing about, South
Gate High, Bell Gardens,
Huntington Park, etc., where these students are
protesting, are also Title
1 Schools.
Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free
lunch program.
When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass
of milk and roll -- but a
full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and
juices that would make a
Marriott proud. The waste of this food is
monumental, with trays and trays
of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX
DOLLARS AT WORK)
I estimate that well over 50 percent of these students are
obese or at least
moderately overweight. About 75 perecnt or more DO have
cell phones. The school
also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage
pregnant girls (some as
young as 13) so they can attend class without the
inconvenience of having
to arrange for babysitters or having family watch
their kids.
(Our TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or
risk losing funding for
the upcoming year even though there was little need
for anything; My budget
was already substantial. I ended up buying new
computers for the computer
learning center, half of which, one month later,
have been carved with
graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously
feel humbled and
grateful to have a free education in America. (OUR
TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
I have had to intervene several times for young and
substitute teachers
whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant
students here in the
country less than 3 months who raised so much hell
with the female teachers,
calling them "Putas" whores and throwing things at
the teachers who were in
tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care
etc., etc., etc. Is it
any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this
country but to demand
rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point out how much these
illegal immigrants contribute
to our society because they LIKE their gardener and
housekeeper and they
like to pay less for tomatoes; spend some time in
the real world of illegal
immigration and see the TRUE costs.
Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher
medical costs, more
crime, lower standards of education in our schools,
overcrowding, new
diseases etc., etc., etc. For me, I'll pay more for
tomatoes.
We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be
a disaster because we
won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in
their right mind really
think they will voluntarily leave and return?
There are many hardworking Hispanic/American
citizens that contribute to our
country and many that I consider my true friends.
We should encourage and
accept those Hispanics who have done it the right
and legal way.
It does, however, have everything to do with
culture: A third-world culture
that does not value education, that accepts children
getting pregnant and
dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to
assimilate, and an American
culture that has become so weak and worried about
"politically correct" that
we don't have the will to do anything about it. If
this makes your blood
boil, as it did mine, for ward this to everyone you
know.
CHEAP LABOR?
Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is
about?
Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
Consumers don't want expensive produce.
Government will tell you Americans don't want the
jobs.
But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase
"cheap labor" is a myth, a
farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap
labor."
Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and
five children. He takes
a job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour. At that wage, with
six dependents, he pays
no income taxes, yet at the end of the year, if he
files an Income Tax
Return, he gets and "earned income credit" of up to
$3,200 free.
He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized
rent.
He qualifies for food stamps.
He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay)
health care.
His children get free breakfasts and lunches at
school.
He requires bilingual teachers and books.
He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they
qualify for SSI.
Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for
Medicare. All of this is at
(our) taxpayer's expense.
He doesn't worry about car insurance, life
insurance.
and printed material.
He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00
to $30.00/hour in
benefits.
Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or
$6.00/hour left after paying
their bills and his. The American taxpayers also pay
for increased crime,
graffiti and trash clean-up.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people. THESE
ARE THE QUESTIONS WE
SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
FOR EITHER PARTY. AND
WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE
SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT
ONCE!'
THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO
DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE.
As US citizens we need to VOICE how we feel NOW -
being quiet is what got
us where we are now - if we continue to be quite who
knows where we will be
in another 10 years.... SO SPEAK UP
