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Exactly! You are the first one to finally recognize in my opinion what is really happening here. He hasn’t been brainwashed. He isn’t a liberal snowflake. He is a puppet of the state run television. Cuban television is probably immortalizing Castro and discussing the great things he did for Cubans. Who knows what this poor young man has been threatened with! The Cuban government has not soon forgotten the ways of Castro: threats and propaganda. I highly doubt there is one Cuban who is truly that favorable of Castro. Heck, I bet his own brother is glad to see him dead.

I say good riddance to bad rubbish!

I am an endangered species. I am a conservative millennial who also chose education as my career path.

I teach high schoolers. I have told my friends and family that I am terrified for our country. I have honestly had students that could not identify the United States on a map and have argued with me that socialism/communism is a great idea! I have more hilarious/depressing stories on what they don’t know.

My dad used to say the day music died was when the Beatles landed in the US. I say that the day education died is the day that No Child Left Behind was passed in 2001.

Many people bash teachers on here, but I can honestly say that this is not a direct result of teachers. This is a direct result of tying success in the classroom to test scores. There is a disproportionate amount of time spent on math and reading/writing in elementary. Many districts/states require so much time spent on those subjects that there is literally no time left for any kind of science, history, economics, geography, health, etc. The first time they are truly exposed to these subjects is in middle school. Because of this, they never reach the point of analytical thinking in high school/college and are simply still learning facts. For example, students first learn of the different forms of government in their junior or senior years of high school.

Educators do tend to be a liberal bunch, but I strongly disagree that teachers are government cronies used to manipulate and brainwash our children. Teachers as a whole are overwhelmed, under appreciated, overworked, and underpaid. They are discouraged with people with no experience in education dictating what they can and cannot teach on a daily basis. Teachers are the middlemen left with no choice but to follow the regulations given to them.

This situation is sad any way that you look at it. I am a God-fearing young woman who stands strong for the rights of pre-born child. I hate the word fetus. It’s cold and unfeeling. My sister gave birth prematurely at 14 weeks, when this woman was found unconscious. I have personally seen what a child looks like at 14 weeks of gestation. It is a child. They have little fingers and toes and are beautifully and wonderfully made. I am not discounting the beautiful little life. The woman has been declared brain dead. If she were not pregnant, she would have been taken off life support, following her wishes. However, she is pregnant. At that point, I would like to know the physical state of the child. He/she was left for an unknown period of time without oxygen. According to test results, the child is not viable, not simply due to gestational age, but due to physical deformities. The child is not developing and would die even if he/she was born at 37 weeks. I think instead of vilifying the poor father, I think we should recognize that he just lost a child and wife and show compassion.