This morning, my wife and I had the displeasure of hearing a school administrator show some disrespect for Science. I admit that we are pretty biased towards STEM: I majored in Computer Science and my wife majored in biochemistry and teaches Physics. But, even in consideration of this, I was alarmed by this person’s comment that Science could take somewhat of a back seat to Mathematics and English at the elementary school level.
My wife just told me today that our local library branch would no longer be open on Saturdays. I almost shed a tear.
Not only does my daughter love going their for Story Hour after her class at Little Gym, but because I remember the great many hours I spent at the library on Saturdays when I was a kid.