Today, I thought about the school board issue and how much better I would feel about myself and life if I went ahead even if all I took were baby steps. But what could I do? Eventually, I thought about Hillary Clinton touring New York supposedly listening to people's reception of her running for the Senate seat. Why couldn't I do the same thing and really use it to represent the people if I run? I could approach people, strangers, and say, "Sir ( or 'Mam), my name is Pete Nickerson, and if I ran for the school board and was elected, what would you like me to do?"
I called a friend and asked her the question. She replied that she would like to see more alternative educational programs (she's a liberal so of course she's interested in programs) to teach kids how to get along together better, how to function better while taking tests, and other things I don't recall. Later this afternoon, I asked the young woman who cleaned my teeth, and though she didn't have kids yet in school, she said I should attend individual parent-teacher conferences and sit in on classes to make sure I really knew what was going on in the schools.
Peter Nickerson at peternickerson12@yahoo.com
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