Hillary Clinton Does Luther

On April 22nd, Hillary Clinton came to Luther to speak about her political viewpoints and why she wants to be the next president. She raised many interesting issues about childcare, the war in Iraq, the national budget, and many other things. One of, what I think, the most important issues she raised was that of the No Child Left Behind legislation. Hillary acknowledged that the intent behind the legislation was good, but that it has been implemented horribly and has been underfunded. This is extremely important to me as a pre-service teacher because I am interested to see how she plans to change the program to actually benefit students and schools. Hillary also addressed the idea of technology in school, reaffirming my attitude that schools today are exactly the same as they were 50 years ago, but that the world is a completely different place today. Technology has a place in the classroom, and funding is needed to make the numerous possibilities a reality. I am interested to see what other ideas Hillary has about education and how she plans to implement them, should she be elected in 2008.