Monday, September 14, 2009

heatlhcare in schools?

After catching up on the news this weekend and watching some interesting television. I realized that political topics, also effect the classroom. For instance, national health care that is being discussed within the government. I was thinking about it and realized that there are going to be many different types of children within each classroom. Some with more privileges than others. Included in this is those whose families have health care, and those who do not. I am not sure why it has finally clicked, but it has. I think this would be extremely beneficial for many of those within the urban districts and schools. Because it is an area of lower income there could be many without this health care. This means that when their children get sick, they do not have the means to care for them through a doctor or something else. Yet, if they had health care that was affordable, their children would not have to miss school or fall behind simply because they do not have health insurance or coverage. There is obviously much more to this debate, but I feel it is important to take schools into this because without students, there would be no teachers, and therefore, no schools.

1 comment:

  1. Some good observations Candice. Probably one of the biggest things I learned after becoming a classroom teacher and trying to improve things, is just how much politics plays a role in our lives and our students' educational and family lives. I think teachers for too long have left politics up to others, but its also not easy to stand up for what's right sometimes.

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