rickyw's Blog

I'd like to use traffic rewards to encourage good citizenship in society......first we 'll draw up a list of desirable traits we wish our citizenry to exemplify.......and we will give out color coded license plates based upon how many of these traits the driver has applied him or herself to.....then we will establish special lanes open only to the elite citizen.....on a three lane interstate...the left land will be open to anyone with military service and a masters degree...the center lane will be open to anyone with a bachelors or associates degree and the right lane will be for the nabobs and billys.....allowing societies elite to demonstrate their superiority on a daily basis will impress upon our children the importance of education....watching their pickup driving toothless relatives sit in traffic each day for hours while their teachers and professional neighbors speed by will have a greater impact on our children than a lifetime of preaching and school reforms.....show our kids the benefits of education and they will take the lead......and cleveland will be a showplace of educational reform....a model for the declining cities everywhere