Subject:  "To you little bomb-scare fools in schools:" |
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Leon Harrison
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Date Posted: 18:33:27 02/02/09 Mon
Leon Harrison
West Carrollton, Ohio
Monday, February 2, 2009
To: The Editor
Subject: Hindsight warning and wisdom about goofing off and skipping school
“To you little bomb-scare fools in schools:”
If you were the student who called in your bomb scare to the Trotwood Middle School, you disrupted “your” school and had all classes and students dismissed for a day. You and they got to go outside and hang out and play, and got to roam before going back home. Yes, you caused some chaos and fear and got some media attention; you may even be seen in the newspaper or on TV. I bet that you have no regrets, as yet. This was fun and gave you a thrill. You don't give a damn about a wasted school day or about who pays the bills. I assume that some stupid kid did this but I could be wrong. Anyway, it was just one day off. What could it hurt?
After I graduated from high school, back in 1968, reality and the unintended consequences of my bad and lazy behavior hit me as soon as I had to do my best at filling out job applications and taking employment, military and aviation tests. My competitors, instructors and monitors used to ask me: "Didn't you do this in school?" Yes, I had…or could have or should have. I just goofed off with my friends now and then, and didn't pay enough attention during that class or that day. Yes, I had once known or could have or should have recalled or remembered or worked out the correct answer to that ONE pesky question that made me fail or lose by just a little bit. Just a few correct answers [and serious classes and useful subjects] could have and would have made all the difference to me and my adult results.
If you want to be a soldier, a pilot, a cop or employed as anything else, you have to be able to read, write and speak English. You have to know some math and science. These three subjects are the basic foundation necessary for an education and to make one employable if not enjoyable. Yes, you may scoff [if you are able to read this] and laugh this off. Well, I guess that you enjoyed your one day off, with some fleeting fun and fame, by causing this chaos and some parental pain. Remember it well when unemployment becomes hell, and you fail those tests and cannot compete with the best of us or even with the rest of us. Yes, while you sit there in that chair and stare and strain your brain and sweat, you too will regret being such a selfish stupid short-sighted little fool and missing that one day of school.
Leon Harrison
West Carrollton, Ohio
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