Big government is never a good thing. That seem to be the liberal agenda, and according to Obama's words in the past, it seems to be his as well. Let's hope he turns out like most presidents in the past and moves more towards the center as time goes on. That he surrounds himself with the right kind of people who remind him that a lot of conservative states flipped for him and need to represented in his policies. The guy wants to be re elected in 2012, so I doubt he and the liberals in Congress will move too far left too quickly, I hope. Or maybe I should hope they do. then we will get a bigger conservative swing in two years and then get a real conservative Republican candidate for President in 2012. We'll see soon how things are likely to go as Mr.Obama chooses his cabinet. Anybody who read my rants on Monday knows how I feel about the guy, and that hasn't changed. He is to be my president, like it or not, so I am trying my best to move on with a little hope. But this bad taste in my mouth makes that tough.
As for the school thing, I have been a little displeased over the teaching methods myself. I don't blame the teachers. My oldest son is in second grade, and the local public shool system has implemented some new ways of teaching the kids the same things we all learned in school. I look at his homework, and I'm lost. I know how to reach the answers, but not how to do it their way, if that makes any sense. I think it's called "Everyday Math". I talked to his teachers the last two years and they didn't seem all to thrilled about the new methods themselves, But that's the way they've been told to do it. If they are going to reinvent how things are taught, maybe we should have school for the parents to teach the new way too. I don't envy the positions you teachers are put in with the way things have to be done and trying to deal with all the things that should be taken care of at home. But I definitely have great respect for those of you who don't let those things stop you from teaching our children.