"Priceless"

Greetings All,


          Tuition: 1600/semester, books:600, An Education: Priceless.  I selected, S.B, 1658: The Healthy Food and Retail Act of 2012 which goes into effect in July.  Briefly, this bill would bring a stop to food stamp recipient from buying sweets and snack with public assistance funds.  The bill would also administer classes on a healthy, nutritional lifestyle.

          On my educational path I have studied several courses that unveils statics on African Americans.
For example, over 200 years of slavery serving as road blocks to obtaining valuable knowledge that I and millions of others are afforded the privilege of receiving today.  It's my contention that many diseases and other circumstances puts African Americans at the top of the list because of this 200 years of oppression.
          So when I see a bill that would cut sweets out for a race that is on top of the diabetes list, high blood pressure list, and countless of other, it has my support.  Unfortunately, I witness people who are trapped in a cycle that their children will surely be trapped in as well unless a higher education breaks the cycle.  Booker T. Washington was an advocate for learning a trade to provide but W. E. D.  DuBois in The Souls of Black Folk was in direct contrast to this concept.  Dubois argued that a well-rounded education is much more valuable.  If classes like Anatomy & Physiology, Nutrition, or even classes like Sociology doesn't set off the bells and whistles on proper living you were either sleep or the material was not new to you.
          This country needs more legislation that has mandatory educational classes added in the wording of the bill.  This bill will indirectly change the  life trajectory of millions of African American. "Priceless".


Cal Sloan