There may not be enough room to fit a module in on why New Hampshire is so much more successful than states like Vermont (Maine, Mass, CT, RI, NY, And so on). You’ve got all that DEI crap. Then there’s gender yoga, where you stretch reality to deliberately confuse your captured audience about whether they should have been born with a penis (just chop that little ole thing right off, and you’re a …eunuch)—no time left for anything else.
Schools can’t find time for readin’ writin’ and ‘rithmatic. Too busy sharing their feelings about rewritten history or telling white kids they are racists (and there’s nothing they can do to change that)—busy day. So, I may be asking for a lot here.
A lot.
We mandated civics taught in New Hampshire, and we got that. The woke mob then hijacked it, so I’d expect nothing less with this idea, but how about we require schools to include some learning about why New Hampshire is so much damn better than just about everywhere else.
A solid, data and story-driven approach.
It’ll be a challenge. The union-loving teachers won’t be able to explain how our “loose” gun laws somehow make the state one of the safest in the nation, year after year after year. The low spending and low overall tax burden will also likely cause trouble. How could that result in better health outcomes, lower poverty, and higher living standards, contradicting everything public education in the state has come to believe true?
It’s a tough row to hoe, but here’s the thing. Governor Kelly Ayotte ran for office on Not Messing Up New Hampshire. While we still believe someone might have gotten the idea from us, it hardly matters. We share and that is now the filter for, well, everything she touches.
Everything!
Education priorities, taxes, regulations, executive orders or emergency orders, appointments, day-to-day stuff, and signing or vetoing legislation.
Does it or does it not “Mass up New Hampshire.”
Public education, as currently constructed from the administrative side down to the dust bunnies, is massing up New Hampshire. It costs too much, is inefficient, ineffective, and something needs to change. I don’t expect anyone to bless me with one of my deepest wishes and Ban SAU’s. No, but we’re getting a wee bit closer.
HB292 will create a commission to study consolidation, and HB286 will create a study committee to lower the number of school superintendents (baby steps, but not good enough).
They need to be diminished or demolished sooner rather than later; Dems will never support it, and if we don’t get it done before they sweep back into office, it won’t happen.
Less money and more accountability are needed, but that seems like a pipe dream, too, so how about we start small? Make them teach kids why the Granite State is so Great. No, I’m not sure how you do that, for how long, or ensure it’s done correctly, but states like Oklahoma are done f**king around.
If you need some inspiration.
Whatever we do to not mass up New Hampshire, we need to ensure that the children of transplants or refugees from surrounding liberal enclaves learn why America and New Hampshire are so damn awesome. And why we need to protect that. How much does it benefit them, everyone around them, and future generations?
Vermont provides a great contrast. Another small state, right next door. It chose to go another way, and the trouble that always follows Democrat rules is hounding them. They massed up Vermont, worse, perhaps, than Mass did to itself.
Someone should get on this and don’t forget to include whatever we need to do to lower electric rates and ensure power on demand. We’re Surrounded by states, including Massachusetts, that are California-ing our grid with all electric policy priorities that drive costs and demand up even higher, complete with the planned failure that follows. We need a way out of that.
Leave your suggestion “on my desk” by Monday.
