April 14, 2015
Letters Editor
Meriden Record Journal
Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter in support of Mr. Jean Pierre Bolat, a member of the Wallingford Board of Education and parent of a Wallingford student. As a former Connecticut teacher, it is very difficult to understand how, in a world where our national school system no longer leads the world and where it is not uncommon to find graduating students unable to use proper grammar, spell correctly, read to their grade level, write coherent sentences and other, that somehow we are intensely focusing on the topics of date rape, homosexuality and masturbation in English class. Are these the kind of topics that need to be taught by English teachers or are more appropriate for an after school counseling session held by certified experts? It seems ridiculous that teachers who went to school to teach English literature, writing and other aspects of this beautiful language, have now suddenly become expert Social Scientists. I also have a hard time believing that students in North Korea, Germany, England, Taiwan, Spain, Italy, India, France, Sweden and a host of other countries are focusing on date rape, homosexuality and masturbation instead of reading, writing, technology, science, mathematics and other such topics.
Our schools, here in Connecticut and around the country, desperately need to get back to ‘the basics’ inculcating our children with the necessary skills to obtain good jobs and support themselves and their families, to successfully compete in a domestic and world market. There is barely enough time now to fit in all the other ‘social requirements’ imposed upon our children that real education has almost been forgotten. We need to eliminate social programming and teach our children how to read, write and think logically. Education today is far too Liberal and far too off base. I believe we are actually hurting our children, not helping them. This needs to stop.
We should applaud the character and courage Mr. Bolat has brought to Wallingford. I believe the town has chosen well.
Serge G. Mihaly, Jr
Wallingford, CT
