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Thoughts on Betsy DeVos

And so it begins.

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Thoughts on Betsy DeVos
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I don't even know where to begin with this woman. How is she being considered as the Secretary of Education? For those of you who don't know who this monster is, Betsy DeVos is the potential new Secretary of Education. The Department of Education deals with all education ranging from early education to higher education. This department has heavy influences on regulations regarding proficiency, students with disabilities, safety of students, and funding of schools. This is probably on of the most important departments and the role of Secretary of Education should not be taken lightly. This directly affects the future of America because children are our future.

Let me tell you a little bit about this woman. She has never been to public school and never sent her children to public school. OK. Those are things I can look past, sure she might not have gone to public school, but that doesn't mean she is against public schooling, right?

Nope.

She "doesn't believe in" public schooling. WHAT!? She supports the defunding of public schools and the funding of charter schools and for-profit institutions. Let's just remember that Trump created a for-profit college where he cheated money out of students. This lady is nuts. When answering questions on the day of her confirmation, she never actually answered the questions. Simple yes or no answers had an evil smirk and a hidden agenda attached. When this chick was asked about guns in school, her answer was that there should be guns in schools like one in Wyoming just in case of grizzly bears. I cannot make this up. Grizzly bears.

She believes that public school teachers are overpaid. Excuse me? Teachers in America in general, are severely underpaid. She believes that states should decide what their policy is dealing students with disabilities. This means states can deny students equal access to learning which is detrimental to a child, their parents, and the teacher.

As a future educator, I really fear for what this means for our country. If the resources and support are not their for children, we will not have educated children. Listen lady, just because you could afford private school doesn't mean everyone in the country can. Everyone deserves to be educated. Everyone.

This. This is why I was afraid for a Trump presidency. People didn't believe that he could really screw things up. Here we go. This is a massive screw up.

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