As an American and a parent, there are two thoughts: To me it's obvious that the first thought should be for my child. I'm personally responsible for them, and

As an American and a parent, there are two thoughts: To me it's obvious that the first thought should be for my child. I'm personally responsible for them, and I'm going to do what it takes to get them a quality education. The second thought, to write to my representatives and improve education for everyone, is still there. I volunteer at a makerspace downtown that provides computing resources to inner-city kids that don't have anywhere near the same resources as my outlying, high-performing suburban district with our labs and awesome teachers. I have no delusion that a single letter to my representative would fix the underlying systemic issues like racist redlined housing districts, the inequality of property taxes for school funding, and the penalizing of 'underperforming' school districts, and give my child a good education. Can I improve it? Sure! Fix it? Not for everyone, no, so I'll do what I can for my own child.