California School Teacher ...

From a California school teacher - - -"As you listen to the news
about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some
things that you should be aware of:

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a
large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1
school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and
income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell
Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting,
are also Title 1 schools.

One hundred percent of the students in this school and other Title 1
schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say
free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a
full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would
make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with
trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX
DOLLARS AT WORK).

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at
least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones.
The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage
girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the
inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family
watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK).

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing
funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for
anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new
computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month
later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students
who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in
America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK).

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute
teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students
here in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with
the female teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores), and throwing
things, that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc...
Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country
but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To my liberal friends: I hope you're really proud of how our
congress has helped to sell-out this country with this pro-illegal
policy.

To my bleeding-heart liberal friends who want to point out how much
these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE
their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for
tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration
and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs,
more crime, lower standards of education in our schools,
overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc... For me, I'll pay more for
tomatoes.

We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster
because we won't have the guts to enforce it.

Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily
leave and return?

There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens who
contribute to our country and many that I consider my true friends.
We should encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the
right and legal way.

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world
culture that does not value education, that accepts children
getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses
to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and
worried about "politically correct" that we don't have the will to
do anything about it.