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As the new school year starts, I am full of optimism for my children.  As a class, we set goals for our futures.  These range from the traditional to the wacky.  Most claim an interest in college, and several usually espouse a preference for a career in rap or professional sports.  I take the job of getting students like Brandon to college (or becoming a successful rapper) very seriously, yet with the recent addition of Governor Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket, I’ve grown even more concerned about the futures of my middle school kids.

These are students who are already facing issues of poverty, lack of quality health care, and agency in our political system.  It is now becoming clear that Republicans have a a true chance at winning this election, despite presenting a platform eerily similar to President George W. Bush, a veritable poster boy for failed representation of minorities in America.

As I imagine my students in various professions, be they doctor, lawyer, or the baddest MC on the East Coast, my hope for their success diminishes greatly under yet another Republican administration.  I shudder to think of a female student who has no choice in whether to have a child, or a male student killed in the never-ending Iraq War.  I wonder if college will be remotely affordable for students whose families inform me they need assistance paying for field trips.

In social studies we talk about the value of citizenship, but another Republican administration means more people, like the students I teach, remain second class citizens in America, restricted from the best resources available.  Despite what we may believe in our liberal bubbles, Sarah Palin could be selecting Supreme Court judges with the power to further discriminate against our rights as citizens. Please, help me support Barack Obama so that my students can follow their first-choice dream, and should rapping not work out, at least get a quality college education.

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