Things That Make Delia Want to Hit Her Face on the Steering Wheel While Driving...

Now, that you're here: This might not be what you expected. There's a plethora of articles/blog posts about driving etiquette. Don't be fooled. This is not one of those...


As I was driving home from work today, I was channel surfing on the radio and I unknowingly stumbled upon "Focus on the Family." That should have been my first clue. 

But, no. 

I proceeded to listen for the next five minutes while two deejays were lamenting to a "school whisperer" about how their kids "just don't like school." Can we pause for a second? A "school whisperer?" What kind of country are we that we require a "school whisperer?"

Insert: things that make Delia want to hit her face on the steering wheel while driving. 

We live in a country where public education is fuh-ree. Free! No minimum for books. No requirement for school uniforms. Kids who come from low-income families can qualify for free lunch. Free.

*Freeeeee.*

Meanwhile, there are kids in other countries *clamoring* for the opportunity to go to school. To have the necessary fees to attend school. To have the required uniforms to wear to school. To have basic school supplies such as pencils and paper. Girls are often denied the right to go to school alongside their brothers. Kids who walk *miles* to go to school. Girls who are shot (in the face, I might add) because they advocate for the right to go to school.

School. 

Kids who just *want* to go to school.  Because education and literacy can't be taken away once it's been imparted. Because education sets people free. 

Free. 

America, land of the free and home of the brave, let us never forget that "education is the key to the golden door of freedom."

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