On the 26th of January the media informed us of a mother who was arrested for manipulating the system by falsifying records and her home address in order to get her girls into a better school.
Watch the ABC clip here.
It is very likely that every one of you reading this right now knows someone who used someone elses address to get into the school of their choice, or perhaps your own parents did it for you. And it is highly likely, that most of you believe this is a ridiculous case. However, it is a crime, correct? And every crime has its punishment.
Mom, Kelly Williams-Bolar claims she did it to get her girls into a better school. Is this a justified claim? Are there not appropriate and legal ways of going about placing children in better schools? If everyone is doing this, then isn't it affecting the demographics and performance of certain schools? On the other hand, parents want their kids to be safe, and to get an education of books, not necessarily an education on misbehavior, crime and illegal activity. So what's wrong with doing what you gotta do for the best interest of your child's future?
More importantly, though, Bolar makes the claim that they went after her and prosecuted her to make an example of her. Do you think she's justified in her claim? Does she or can she provide evidence to support this claim? Or is it solely an assumption?
Other things to consider, would be the manner in which the Good Morning America news piece relayed the information to its viewers. How much information or context or background information are they failing to provide the audience with? How have the presented the piece to its viewers and skewed it in order to produce a certain reaction from the audience? Are you, as a viewer, comfortable with the amount of information they have relayed to you? Will you allow yourself to formulate an opinion on this issue solely based on this news piece or are you inclined to look for more information to formulate a more informed opinion?
Remember, things are not black and white. How many shades are there to this story that we aren't seeing?
1 comment:
Is it a crime to want a better life for your kids? No, it is not. If you want to sent your child to a school that has better teachers and a better learning environment, you should be able to. The fact that it takes more tax dollars to find and prosecute the people who send their kids to schools outside of their school district is ridiculous, so you might as well just let the kids go to the school they want to go to. Any parent will tell you that it isn't a crime to love your kids and want the best for them
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