“Think”
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AS RECORDED
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(SFX: Classroom din starts out low and reasonable)
Eight-Year-Old Boy: You don’t have to tell kids like me California has the largest class sizes in the nation.
We live it – every day we’re in school.
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(raising his voice slightly) And, yes – it makes it harder to learn.
(SFX: …and louder…)
(raising his voice a little more) Harder to concentrate.
(SFX: …and louder…)
(beginning to shout above the din) Harder to get the attention I need!
(SFX: …and louder, still.)
(shouting, exasperated) Harder…to…even…hear…myself…think! (pause) May I have a hall pass?
(SFX: Classroom door opens, and shuts – quiet is restored)
(speaking in normal tones again) But, even with classes this overcrowded…
…politicians in Sacramento are talking about cutting education funding by almost five billion dollars.
Don’t they know those cuts could mean California loses up to a-hundred-and-seven-thousand teachers?
And class sizes could grow by a third?
That would be a giant step backwards for kids just like me.
Backwards into…
(SFX: Classroom door opens, loud din pours out, door quickly closes again; all is quiet once more)
…well…that.
So, call Governor Schwarzenegger and your legislators. Tell them, “No more education funding cuts that hurt our kids…our schools…and our future.
Paid for by the California Teachers Association and Education Coalition.