I hope everyone is aware of the current situation we have been placed in as America’s youth with regards to Betsy DeVos and her recent confirmation in becoming the next U.S. Secretary of Education. I sat glued to my computer screen for hours watching different senators argue against Betsy DeVos in hopes to ensure a positive future for public education systems. As a child, she attended the private, Holland Christian High School and then attended Calvin College. Both are private institutions. Through my hefty Wikipedia search, I have found that the DeVos family is of the wealthiest in Michigan and that Richard (Betsy’s husband) was identified by Forbes as the 88th wealthiest person in America.

We have a family member of the one percent running our PUBLIC education system even though she has never been a part of the public education system. She has only attended private schools and so have her children. On the one hand, at least she has gone to school, so that makes her qualified, right?

She didn’t even understand the difference between growth and proficiency. I honestly wonder if she can even spell proficiency. She stood in front of people stumbling over her words and “mixing up” her information. If she’s supposed to be in charge of our education, she should be tested on her proficiency in the education system. In her hearing, she was not proficient, so I guess she wants to measure growth?

DeVos could not say that guns should not be in schools. How many more school shootings do we need to see for people to realize guns should not be in the proximity of children? If there’s a grizzly coming near the school, then they can call animal control, Betsy. If there are common bear sightings, animal control should be in charge of taking care of that, not the school security guard. I highly doubt there were guns in her private schools.

This isn’t even half of the bullshit she has pulled. Her family has funneled nearly $1 million into the republican party. This was partially to ensure that Betsy would be nominated, but also for them to show how freely they could throw their money to make people do what they wanted. Having an agenda is incredibly important with regards to schooling, good thing we know she’ll be on top of her job.