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No, the only way you can truly fight these issues is by convincing parents not only that these issues matter, but that the conventional thinking is wrong. You w
by zamfi 4y ago
No, the only way you can truly fight these issues is by convincing parents not only that these issues matter, but that the conventional thinking is wrong. You won't be able to do that from a school or township board.
Get on a school board, try to push for whole milk in schools, and you'll see how quickly ill-informed parents and vested interests fight back.
School starts early because most adults work, and their kids can't leave home after they do.
It's easy to think that each of these issues continues to be an issue because someone "doesn't care", but the reality in many cases is the much more challenging "someone cares a lot, but has the opposite opinion."
- azemetre 4y agoThere's always challenges for everything in life, and wanting to give up at the slightest bit of hardship is so odd. I've done zero research on this, but I have to assume societal movements have a much much shorter shelf life since the advent of modern social media. But hey it's okay, by not caring about these local institutions or political races just means people that don't agree with do care and are actively showing up and making changes.
- zamfi 4y agoO...kay? No one's saying to "give up" here -- I'm just saying a local leadership post is not typically the position of influence you're implying: an elected representative who is consistently pushing an agenda that's unsupported by constituents isn't going to last very long, and is certainly not going to change many minds. Frankly you'd have better luck as an "influencer"...