Maybe I Do Want to be a Secretary! - If I were ....(PowerHouseCreatives Contest)

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Carol Burnett as Ms. Wiggins - source

When I was in high school, so very long ago, women were still strongly being encouraged to aspire to be; first - secretaries, then teachers, or nurses. Whenever my teachers tried to steer me in the direction of becoming a secretary; I would respond; “I don’t want to be someone’s secretary; I want to be someone who needs a secretary!”

It's a good thing I didn't want to be a secretary, because I type like Ms. Wiggins!

Just recently @zord189 posted his latest “If I were...” contest/challenge, which you can read in full here.

Immediately after reading his post, my mind went to some of my most common thoughts and even things I have already said in conversations, fairly recently.

If I were in charge of education in America:

  • I would make sure every high school student would spend two weeks in a third world country providing some type of service to the area visited, which would be paid in full by US tax dollars.
  • Art and creativity classes would be considered important components of the curriculum, not just extra fluff classes that are cut when the budget is tight.
  • Science classes would have huge integrated and interdisciplinary modules on global warming, and students would be encouraged to create and explore ways to reduce our carbon footprints.
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  • High schools and colleges would offer classes on investing, budgeting, financing and credit.
  • High schools would offer classes on general self-care, which would include personal safety and dealing with disappointment and depression.
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  • Students would be introduced to the latest technology and get a chance to experiment with it in school.
  • High school and college students would be able to offset their student loans by providing community service, and there would be many different options, such as taking people to doctor appointments, grocery delivery for the needy, providing house repairs in their neighborhoods, lawn maintenance for seniors and disabled, manning food banks and harvesting community gardens (just to name a few!).
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  • Refugees would receive free training on what it takes to become a US citizen and information on services and options for them would be readily available.

I could go on, but I think you get the idea. Our education system in America could use a lot of improvements! The highest ranking person over the US Department of Education happens to be called the Secretary of Education.

So, maybe I want to be a secretary after all!

Actually, I would settle for our current Department of Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, reading this post and implementing some of my ideas!

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"Ms. A'Wiggins" - I remember that with Tim Conway. That was such a funny show, and half the time the regulars on the show couldn't help themselves from laughing. RIP Tim and Harvey.

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Yes! I remember my dad and I watched the show together. The more Tim and Harvey laughed, the more we laughed - until we cried!

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Your post is so awesome! 😉👍
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I definitely like the idea of the student loans. Young adults are pressured into going to college without knowing what they want to do or to be, and without an idea (in most cases) of what debt really is. Then they begin their adult lives already in a prison with the one debt that cannot be forgiven via bankruptcy. So if their life really goes bottom up, they still owe while any other bank debt is paid off. But the idea that all of it magically going away isn't right either. But having them give back to society is to help lessen their burden is a great idea!

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Well, I'd vote you in as secretary of any country if those were your ideals! Definitely a big lack in actual education of life and the world we live in in schools, not just in USA but UK too (and I'm sure every where else too).

Good luck for the contest!

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This was my time too..
My mom used to tell me this

When I was in high school, so very long ago, women were still strongly being encouraged to aspire to be; first - secretaries, then teachers, or nurses. Whenever my teachers tried to steer me in the direction of becoming a secretary;

Like you I'm no secretary because I had the feeling that being a secretary, I had to fetch coffee, takes notes, type etc.. None that I enjoy

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“I don’t want to be someone’s secretary; I want to be someone who needs a secretary!”

LOVE that line almost as much as I love Mrs. Wiggins! Excellent ideas here as well, @cindyhartz - I especially like the community service to repay student loans. Oh, and...

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hahahaha! Nice ending to a great entry.
My biggest complaint about my children's public school education was the science instruction. They all scored super well on the standardized test they had to take, and had not learned a single thing about science. Go figure.

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Well, I think that we can certainly use these ideas over here in South Africa as well.
School here was a waste of time for me and it has become progressively worse for the kids of today.
Blessings and a great post here!

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Sitting here nodding my head at all of these! I would have so enjoyed a lot of your ideas when I was in school, or even if I didn't would have greatly benefited from the experiences. Our poor teachers are up against it these days have to teach for tests versus teaching for actual knowledge, and I totally agree about our current Secretary of Education needing some lessons herself. If we even implemented a tiny portion of the things you brought up, we would see a vast improvement I'm sure!

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This is a really fun read, @cindyhartz! I used to love the Carol Burnett show! Yes, there are different definitions of secretary, to be sure! 😁

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Howdy cindyhartz! Great suggestions and I love it that you were so ambitious even in High School!

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Thanks a lot @cindyhartz for taking out time to visit my blog and with a positive vote too.

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