Failing School systems lead to frustrated retail associates

The school system has failed us as a people! To most this is not new information but as I continue to work in retail the reality of it's failure becomes more apparent.

I find it more and more difficult to grasp that adults (21 and older- but really anyone over the age of 13) has difficulty with simple mathematical calculations. Trust me when I say simple. . . 90% off of $12.00, 75% off of $10.50, 50% off of $15.00 and the list goes on. I am irked more so by the fact that as a retail associate (aka a retail slave) I take money from people that can hardly add up the prices of all of the items they purchase, and people that work in retail are called STUPID.

However, this should not come as a surprise to me when many of the same customers have a difficulty in reading, CAN NOT read, or are just too flat out LAZY to read. And, I am not talking about reading novels, booklets, or even pamphlets I am talking about 10- 15 words or better yet distinguishing between two words that look alike but ONLY one makes sense for the situation (as well as for the fact that there is a PICTURE of the correct one). For, example $4 oils with the purchase of . . ., Juniper vs Jupiter, Orchid vs Orchard. . .

When do we hold our law makers accountable for the decline of education as we know it? Why is okay for teachers to be among the lowest paid professionals when they hold the GREATEST responsibility for our futures. We complained about the idiocy of our past president, George W. Bush, but what we must realize is that OUR CHILDREN are next!!! Be afraid or FIGHT back.

Talk to your school superintendents, your Mayors, Governors, Councilmen. . . Make them EARN those seats, paychecks, and benefits that they now hold. Make them work for OUR futures.