Ngu-Ilana Novick, ngoMatshi 23, 2018
ukusuka AlterNet
NgoMvulo ebusuku, uPat Elder wafundisa iklasi yakhe yesiqhelo yeGED kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iGreat Hills eMaryland. Ngentsasa yangoLwesibini, wavuka esiva iindaba zokuba isakhiwo sakhe sasiyindawo yokudubula kwesikolo; kanye phambi kwentsimbi yesibhozo kusasa, umfundi oyindoda obephethe umpu uvulele ngembumbulu, wenzakalisa abanye abafundi ababini kwaye badubulana namapolisa phambi kokuba kubhengezwe njengofileyo.
Wothuka umdala. Njengomlawuli weNational Coalition to Protect Student Privacy, umbutho osilwa imfazwe kwezemfundo, isiganeko esoyikekayo yayibubungqina obungakumbi bengxoxo ebesoloko iyenza iminyaka: eyokuba imipu, nakwindawo ekucingelwa ukuba yeyokufundisa kunye namaGosa aseJunior Reserve. Iinkqubo ze-Training Corps (JROTC), azinandawo ezikolweni.
"Sizimisele ukuthumela ii-imeyile ezininzi njenge-150,000 ekuqaleni kweveki ezayo," uMdala uxelele i-AlterNet. Umfelandawonye uqhayisa ngamaqela amaninzi aquka World Beyond War, IKhowudi ePinki, amagqala oXolo, uxolo eMhlabeni, kwaye Yeka ukuqesha abantwana. “Isikhalazo sahlukile,” utshilo, “kuba asijolisanga kumalungu owiso-mthetho, hayi iCongress, kodwa sijolise kumalungu owiso-mthetho. Into esizama ukuyenza kukuba sizama ukuvala iindawo zokudubula kwizikolo eziphakamileyo zikawonke-wonke.”
Eyona njongo iphambili kukutshintsha umthetho, uMdala wathi:
“Sijolise kumalungu owiso-mthetho karhulumente ukuze enze njalo. Ithemba lethu lelokuba mhlawumbi sinokuba nomthetho owaziswa kubuncinci kwisiqingatha seshumi elinesibini kwii-statehouses kungekudala. Ndiqinisekile ukuba i-United States Military Entrance Processing Command, elisebe lokuqesha emkhosini, ijonge ukubeka iminwe emininzi yabantwana malunga nezinto ezininzi ezibangelayo, nokuba zinyani okanye ziyinyani, kangangoko kunokwenzeka. ”
Iiprogram ze-JROTC, ukholelwa ukuba, ziyinxalenye yokuqesha. Kukho malunga ne-3,800 yeenkqubo ze-JROTC kwizikolo zaseMelika, ngokutsho koMdala, i-2,000 yazo ineenkqubo zokumakisha phantsi kwenkqubo ye-Cilian Marksmanship Programme. Le nkqubo, uMdala wathi, "inempahla engaphezulu kwe-NRA. INkqubo yeMicimbi yokuGqwetha ifakwe ngakumbi kwizikolo zikarhulumente. Yi-lackey ye-NRA, kunye neesenenja u-Lautenberg noSimon ngo-1996, xa iNkqubo ye-Civilian Marksmanship yenziwa liqumrhu labucala eligunyazisiweyo, layibiza ngokuba yi-boondoggle kunye nesipho kwi-NRA kwizikolo zikarhulumente.
Ezi nkqubo, ezifundisa abafundi indlela yokudubula izixhobo, zigxile eMzantsi. "I-Alabama ininzi, inokwenzeka kakhulu kunokuba, yithi, iRhode Island ibe nezi ntlobo zeenkqubo kwizikolo zikarhulumente. Amazinga okugaywa emkhosini eGeorgia aliphinda kathathu elo laseConnecticut, kwaye ke kukho iindawo ezithile apho umkhosi umiselwe ngakumbi njengenxalenye yenkcubeko yoluntu. "
Ngokuphathelele i-Great Hills, uMdala wachaza ukuba i-Maryland ine-conservative enclaves kunye nenkululeko, kodwa, "Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iGreat Mills sikwindawo ebomvu. Ikumgama weemayile ezimbini ukusuka kwiZiko loVavanyo loMoya waseLwandle iPatuxent River, eliziko lomkhosi waselwandle elimalunga nobukhulu bePentagon. Inkulu kakhulu.”
Njengenxalenye yephulo lezikhalazo, uMdala ufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba abazali bayayiqonda eyona nxalenye ifihlakeleyo yobudlelwane phakathi kwezikolo nomkhosi. Nokuba abantwana babo abakho kwiinkqubo zokumakisha, idatha yabo isenokudluliselwa kubaqeshwa basemkhosini. Ifakwe kuMthetho weMpumelelo yoMfundi ngamnye (ESSA), ilitye lembombo lomgaqo-nkqubo wezemfundo wesizwe, ngumgaqo othi, “ukuba umqeshwa wasemkhosini ucela igama, idilesi, kunye nenombolo yomnxeba yabafundi kwisikolo esiphakamileyo esithile, ngoko esi sikolo siphakamileyo. kufuneka sinikezele, kodwa isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kufuneka sixelele abazali ukuba banelungelo lokuphuma.”
Ingxaki, uqhubekile uMdala, kukuba lo mthetho “awutsho ngokuthe ngqo ukuba kufanele ukuba kwenzeke njani, ngoko ke uninzi lwezikolo azenzi nto ingako kwaphela. Basenokufaka into ethile kwincwadi yomfundi, engcwatywe kwiphepha 36, okanye ingcwatywe kwiwebhsayithi, kodwa inkoliso yabazali ayazi.”
Uxwebhu lwezikhalazo luya kuqhubeka nge-24 kaMatshi, kulandela uMatshi woBomi bethu ukuxhasa ulawulo lwemipu. Sayina uxwebhu lwezikhalazo kwi IQumrhu loMgaqo-nkqubo weSizwe ukukhusela Ubumfihlo beBafundi kwaye World Beyond War kwiwebhusayithi.
