Pit work during ceremonies

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I've never seen any VIP laugh about illiteracy or 'ha ha dumb is cool' - I guess I missed the regional Jessica Simpson judged.
What I have seen is some very powerful people who give the clear message that the students in the stands have a clear advantage on the speakers themselves - access to an innovative and exciting program that can catapult any one of the kids higher than said speakers.
And I'd hate for some of my students to miss out on this potential inspiration because they were tightening a 10-32 bolt.

Most of the time I see a politician at opening ceremonies there is a joke about "You kids are doing something I could never do" followed by some nervous laughter. But this could be a function of the majority of our political leaders have zero engineering background.


Course, I'm probably just too jaded by a decade of hearing politicians say how important education is and seeing school budgets continue to be slashed to the point of one teacher I know having to purchase furniture for their classroom out of their pocket.