Class of 2022
Politicians are good at talking about the future of our children and grandchildren but they are better yet at pushing back problems, like the USA national debt and the militarization of the USA onto future generations.
Today I attended the Kindergarten graduation of my granddaughter’s class, which the principle introduced as the class of 2022. These are the ones we are talking about when we talk about future generations. They will grow up inheriting the growing national debt and interest on that debt and all the enemies we are making around the world by wars of aggression. These children will inherit the result of the national disaster of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They will inherit the results of taking money from education and directing it to more money for war.
These children are the blessed ones economically and socially but they can sense the violence and suffering of the world today. My granddaughter witnessed today an expression of anger and frustration by an individual. She knew it was not right but could not understand it.
After the graduation my son was telling his daughter, my granddaughter, about some of the things she will be learning in her future education. She is anxious to learn more like her older brothers. In this exchange I was reminded of a title of a popular book, “I Learned Everything I Need to Know in Kindergarten”. This title goes with something I deeply believe: everything that is important to know and understand is within us, and all we need to do is to bring it forth.
Yes, the Class of 2022 will get a lot more information and intellectual knowledge before they graduate high school. However, let us pray and hope this class of 2022 preserves the real knowledge, imagination and innocence they have graduating Kindergarten.
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