Switch in Power

Due to basketball coaching and history teaching, I have had far less time to consider writing on my blog. But now that we are just a couple days away from a new President I figure its about time now.

The sad thing is that the American people have voted for a man who will continue so many of the policies that President Bush pushed for. More government spending on socialized medicine, more spending on education, just simply more government. That is why I find it humerous that everyone thinks change is about to happen. President Bush passed a stimulus package, he has made government bigger and quicker than most other presidents, and now Obama will simply continue that. Funny how people get really excited about "change" when I see very little coming..

Actually I do see some change coming. Funny thing is that it is in the area in which George Bush was best and that is fighting terrorism. Our nations reputation around the world is tarnished because we have a President that said enough is enough, your either for us or your for the terrorist. He meant what he said for the most part. His actions has kept another terrorist attack from happening on our homeland and has greatly reduced the capability of one of the most dangerous terrorist groups ever- Al Queda. Many terrorist plots have been foiled and most experts are amazed that we have not been attacked since. I would hope that when Obama gets in office and sees this that he will not drastically back off of the Bush foreign policy.

Funny thing about it, I think we will change his views a bit. Once he gets in that position and speaks to our security agencies and military, I think he will continue our foreign policy for the most part. I mean seriously, its a principle we learn early on in our lives- You don't try to fix what is not broken.

Why History

Just two days off of Christmas Break and I was almost in a rage at school. It was not as bad as that sounds but something was said that made me angry. I was not mad at a particular student although it was a particular student who said it(one of my good students too). We were discussing life on the frontier for a cowboy when this student spoke up about how he or she will never use this in their life. That is something almost every student says at one point in their life I'm sure I have in fact. But it struck a core with me. Schools today can not force a child to salute the flag during the pledge of allegiance. Many kids today do not care about their country beyond what it does for themselves. Learning history is about having a respect for what has happened to create the country that allows you to live freely and prosper. For that we all use history every day of our lives. So many kids today are being raised to love themselves and what this country can do for them and not what they can do for this country. For that I'm sorry and I'm worried.