The Oklahoma Daily
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
State Question 744 will appear on ballots across Oklahoma this Election Day, Nov. 2. This initiative would amend the Oklahoma Constitution and force the state Legislature to spend as much as surrounding states spend per K-12 pupil.
The passage of this initiative would ensure smaller classes, better teachers and a generally better learning environment, according to the group Yes on 744.
Education is the single most important issue in our country. Our children, cliché as the phrase is, are our future; any money spent on schools is money well spent.
But SQ 744 isn’t the way to increase funding.
When I was in elementary school, we talked a lot about bullies. Our teachers and guidance counselors told us bullies were horrible, mean and ugly and that they used peer pressure to make us do what they wanted. Starting as early as kindergarten, I was always taught to stand up to peer pressure, to do what was right for me.
SQ 744 makes Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico and Missouri into nothing more than playground bullies, pushing us around until we are as big and powerful as them. However, our politicians don’t answer to our surrounding states. They answer to Oklahoma, and their policies should be based on what’s right for Oklahoma rather than what’s working in places near Oklahoma... FULL ARTICLE
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by Crystal Drwenski