Recommends reading the Constitution

Although some question the methods, most are applauding our supreme leaders for making good on their commitment to expose fraud and waste in our schools.

The public was heard to praise that answers were achieved as expediently as possible, and the shadows of doubt and uncertainty that had been hanging over our heads have, for the moment, been vanquished. The GPS chips in the teachers’ identification badges made identifying the culprits swift and sure. One teacher was quoted saying, “I wondered why it cost so much to replace our identification badges; I know why. GPS chips are not cheap.”

Soon all DNA samples obtained through blood banks in the state over the past 10 years will be added to the state’s data bank for law enforcement. It is estimated that several cold crimes will be able to be solved and security restored to our state. All is well in our community now; in fact, our community prospers. Long live our supreme leaders.

This previous paragraph may very well be the content of a future news article if the logic presented recently in the Frontiersman newspaper were to prevail unchecked. When I learned that handwriting samples were taken from students in Colony High School under deceptive methods to identify a bomb threat suspect, I wondered what lasting lesson was taught to our youth by the administration’s behavior? I felt that I should focus on the really important things as I pondered this event and chose to read the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. I passed over Harry Potter, a popular contemporary fiction character based on witchcraft, and rather moved on to read recent judgments of the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,” is what the Fourth Amendment says.

Although I vigorously defend the rights of individuals to base their opinions and personal actions on the charm of Harry Potter’s society, I do not feel it suitable to extend this level of judgment to the administration of our school policies and our society.

I would recommend for must-read material the Constitution of the United States of America, The Bill of Rights and contemporary writings of the current nine U.S. Supreme Court justices. I would particularly encourage this study if I were an English teacher and required to wear an identification badge as a requirement to maintain security within my employment.

Joseph Hawkins

Wasilla