(Disclaimer: first-time entry, please be gentle with me as I beg forgiveness in advance for any faux pas'. Would have posted one of those fancy links - I love the clever trick of the highlighted word directing you to a story - but am ignorant of the how-to.)
Jeez, some folks give reasonable Louisianans a bad rap. The following is a "Readers' Views" letter in today's Baton Rouge Advocate. From a teacher. She doesn't mention a teacher of what; could be seeing-eye dogs for all I know, but I'm guessing kids.
At any rate, it could just be me (and I can accept that), but were I a parent, I would not want this woman educating MY kids.
Yes, I responded. With my former married name; my OxyRush-listening-O'Falafel-watching father reads the paper daily, and at 77, I'd prefer to NOT give him another stroke. The first one was bad enough. Don't know if my response will be published, but she pissed me off and I had to say something. If you feel compelled to write a response to the paper, their address is: 2theadvocate.com.
Had enough of my rambling? Yeah, me too. The letter's below:
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